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8 - A Dip in the Pool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

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Summarizing results from many studies has a long history and is currently a hot topic, largely as a result of the Evidence Based Medicine movement. This is treated in this chapter, starting with an early attempt by Karl Pearson at the beginning of the twentieth century. The statistical techniques of meta-analysis are described, as is the Cochrane Collaboration and its programme of summarizing results from clinical trials.

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Dicing with Death
Living by Data
, pp. 157 - 177
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • A Dip in the Pool
  • Stephen Senn
  • Book: Dicing with Death
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000185.010
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  • A Dip in the Pool
  • Stephen Senn
  • Book: Dicing with Death
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000185.010
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  • A Dip in the Pool
  • Stephen Senn
  • Book: Dicing with Death
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000185.010
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