Research in Higher Education, Vol. 11, No. 4 (1979), pp. 321-341 (21 pages) The present article describes a statistical synthesis of results from 48 comparative studies of an innovative method of ...

Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods, it ...

The paper does not attempt to serve as a comprehensive theoretical guide but instead describes one rigorous way of conducting a meta-analysis for diagnostic and prognostic markers.

This course aims to introduce participants to the methodology of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. It is taught by a team of systematic reviewers, research synthesis methodologists, information ...

Network meta-analysis allows one to simultaneously estimate relative effectiveness of multiple interventions, and has been described as part of the "next generation tool-kit" for evidence synthesis.