The Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method for random effects meta-analysis is straightforward and considerably outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method
Joanna IntHout, John PA Ioannidis, George F Borm · 2014
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IntHout, Ioannidis, and Borm compared two methods for meta-analysis in 2014. Meta-analysis pools results from many trials of the same question to get a clearer answer. The standard DerSimonian-Laird method is used almost everywhere for random effects models.
The authors show that the standard method often gives error rates that are too high. A less used method, named for Hartung, Knapp, Sidik, and Jonkman, performs far better in their tests. It is also simple to apply in practice. Their work gives trial reviewers a strong reason to switch methods, so pooled results are less likely to claim effects that are not real.
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| CREATOR | Joanna IntHout, John PA Ioannidis, George F Borm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2014 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PubMed Central |