Statistical analysis of individual participant data meta-analyses: a comparison of methods and recommendations for practice.

Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses that obtain "raw" data from studies rather than summary data typically adopt a "two-stage" approach to analysis whereby IPD within trials generate summary measures, which are combined using standard meta-analytical methods. Recently...

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Main Authors: Gavin B Stewart, Douglas G Altman, Lisa M Askie, Lelia Duley, Mark C Simmonds, Lesley A Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3463584?pdf=render