Cannons and sparrows II: the enhanced Bernoulli exact method for determining statistical significance and effect size in the meta-analysis of k 2 × 2 tables

Abstract Background The use of meta-analysis to aggregate the results of multiple studies has increased dramatically over the last 40 years. For homogeneous meta-analysis, the Mantel–Haenszel technique has typically been utilized. In such meta-analyses, the effect size across the contributing studie...

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Main Author: Lawrence M. Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-021-00101-8