Systematic Reviewing and Meta-Analysis

摘要: The methodologies of systematic review and meta-analysis were developed to address the challenges providing a transparent replicable research literature relevant particular question. In this article we provide brief overview reviewing then discuss how develop good question for review, search studies, extract information from studies (including that will help judge study quality). second half concerns specifically (i.e., statistical synthesis results obtained through process), including weighting, computing mean effect size, conducting homogeneity analysis, carrying out moderator analyses. concludes by discussing new developments in meta-analysis.