Estimation in meta-analyses of response ratios

Abstract Background For outcomes that studies report as the means in the treatment and control groups, some medical applications and nearly half of meta-analyses in ecology express the effect as the ratio of means (RoM), also called the response ratio (RR), analyzed in the logarithmic scale as the l...

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Main Authors: Ilyas Bakbergenuly, David C. Hoaglin, Elena Kulinskaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01137-1