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tying together studies for a systematic review
Message posted by Veronica Kennedy (via 195.93.32.173) on December 2, 2001 at 2:39 PM (ET)

I have volunteered myself (always a daft thing to do!)to do a systematic review of effectiveness of a treatment which is not standardized, apart from a common type of exercise , for a condition which can have several subtypes and several types of outcome measure. I am expecting to have problems with subgroup analyses and heterogenicity testing but I don't know what other types of analysis to use. I am not expecting a simple answer but an indication of a helpful direction would be much appreciated.

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Re: tying together studies for a systematic review
Message posted by Jack Tomsky (via 208.249.113.130) on December 4, 2001 at 1:59 PM (ET)

Look up meta analysis. This is a methodology for combining the results of several statistical studies.

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