Figure 1. Listing of SAS data used in the example. STYID identi"es the di!erent studies involved in the meta-analysis. The variable DIFF is the estimated treatment e!ect (mean stay (days) in hospital in treatment group minus control group), and VDIFF is the corresponding squared standard error 10. G
Meta-analysis: formulating, evaluating, combining, and reporting
β Scribed by Sharon-Lise T. Normand
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-6715
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