Meta-analysis II

Outputs in meta-analysis give us measures of evidence dissemination bias or graphical representation of the pooled results and their underlying heterogeneity. This chapter discusses the various outputs with a focus on their utility and interpretation. Examples focus on the use of MetaXL, which is our own software developed for meta-analysis and is freely available from www.epigear.com. This is the only software currently available that can perform a bias-adjusted meta-analysis.

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