高级统计学meta analysis高级篇.pptVIP

Meta analysis－advanced methods The department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Shen Y. In the medical literature meta-analysis is usually applied to the results of clinical trials, but the application of the theory presented in this lecture is not limited to clinical trials only. It is the aim of this lecture not only to discuss the underlying theory but also to give practical guidelines how to carry out these analyses. Introduction Meta-analysis is increasingly used to combine results from several clinical trials which assess the same treatment in order to provide a more precise overall es