Odd man out: a graphical approach to meta-analysis

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 o...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1988-08, Vol.78 (8), p.961-966
Main Authors: Walker, A M, Martin-Moreno, J M, Artalejo, F R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine
Confidence intervals
Diphtheria Toxoid
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
Drug Combinations
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Medical statistics
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Pertussis Vaccine
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Public health
Risk Factors
Statistics
Statistics as Topic
Sudden Infant Death - mortality
Systematic review
Tetanus Toxoid
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.78.8.961