With meta-analysis methods playing a crucial role in health research in recent years, this important and clearly-written book provides a much-needed survey of the field. Meta-analysis provides a framework for combining the results of several clinical trials and drawing inferences about the effectiveness of medical treatments. The move towards evidence-based health care and practice is underpinned by the use of meta-analysis. This book: * Provides a thorough criticism and an up-to-date survey of meta-analysis methods * Emphasises the practical approach, and illustrates the methods by numerous examples * Describes the use of Bayesian methods in meta-analysis * Includes discussion of appropriate software for each analysis * Includes numerous references to more advanced treatment of specialist topics * Refers to software code used in the examples available on the authors' Web site Practising statisticians, statistically-minded clinicians and health research professionals will benefit greatly from the clear presentation and numerous examples. Medical researchers will grasp the basic principles of meta-analysis, and learn how to apply the various methods.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-13
9780471490661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96796862
Product Key Features
Book Title
Methods for Meta-Analysis in Medical Research
Author
Fujian Song, Trevor A. Sheldon, David R Jones, Keith R. Abrams, Alexander J. Sutton
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medicine, Mathematics, Healthcare System
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
164mm
Item Weight
626g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Fujian Song, Alexander J. Sutton, Keith R. Abrams, Trevor A. Sheldon, David R Jones
Series Title
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics-Applied Probability and Statistics Section