Meta-analysis in Medical Research: The Handbook for the Understanding and Practice of Meta-analysis - Softcover

Leandro, Gioacchino

 
9781405127332: Meta-analysis in Medical Research: The Handbook for the Understanding and Practice of Meta-analysis

Synopsis

This book is a joint package of a practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine together with an accompanying CD-ROM. This provides individuals with access to meta-analysis software and the instructions and guidance on how to undertake them.

The software package contains a computer program 'Metanalysis' which performs statistical analyses for the meta-analysis. It has some unique features currently not available in other meta-analysis software packages:


  • ability to import graphics into Word, PowerPoint etc
  • Galbraith's plots
  • cumulative meta-analysis
  • number needed to treat
  • publication bias assessment

The graphics generated by the software are in a format compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Click here to view sample graphics.

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About the Author

Gioacchino Leandro is the author of Meta-analysis in Medical Research: The Handbook for the Understanding and Practice of Meta-analysis, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine with accompanying CD ROM

Over the last twenty years there has been a dramatic upsurge in the application of meta-analysis to medical research. This has mainly been due to greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the need for reliable summaries of the vast and expanding volume of clinical research. At the same time there have been great strides in the development and refinement of the associated statistical methodology.

This book is a joint package of a practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine together with an accompanying CD-ROM which contains a computer program 'Metanalysis' to perform the statistical analyses for the meta-analysis. This package provides individuals with access to meta-analysis software and the instructions and guidance on how to undertake them.

The software has some unique features currently not available in other meta-analysis software packages:

  • ability to import graphics into Word, PowerPoint etc
  • Galbraith's plots
  • cumulative meta-analysis
  • number needed to treat
  • publication bias assessment

From the Inside Flap

Practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine with accompanying CD ROM

Over the last twenty years there has been a dramatic upsurge in the application of meta-analysis to medical research. This has mainly been due to greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the need for reliable summaries of the vast and expanding volume of clinical research. At the same time there have been great strides in the development and refinement of the associated statistical methodology.

This book is a joint package of a practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine together with an accompanying CD-ROM which contains a computer program 'Metanalysis' to perform the statistical analyses for the meta-analysis. This package provides individuals with access to meta-analysis software and the instructions and guidance on how to undertake them.

The software has some unique features currently not available in other meta-analysis software packages:

  • ability to import graphics into Word, PowerPoint etc
  • Galbraith's plots
  • cumulative meta-analysis
  • number needed to treat
  • publication bias assessment

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