Dicing with chance, life and death in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: D.I.C.E. 3, a simulation study
Author(s) -
Mike Clarke,
Jim Halsey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/0141076813514574
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , odds ratio , randomized controlled trial , demography , sociology
To show the effects of chance on meta-analyses, and the potential dangers of being prompted to do a meta-analysis by one favourable trial.
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