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Odd man out: a graphical approach to meta-analysis.

Author(s) -

A M Walker,

José Ma Martín-Moreno,

Fernando RodríguezArtalejo

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.8.961

Subject(s) - confidence interval , graphical display , meta analysis , statistics , computer science , information retrieval , data science , mathematics , medicine , computer graphics (images) , pathology

The areas of overlap of confidence intervals from several studies can be used to create summary confidence regions. These summary regions lend themselves to graphical display, have readily derivable statistical properties, and can carry information about the influence both of available studies and of hypothetical future investigations. The case of a region covered by at least N-1 out of N confidence intervals is presented in some detail.

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