Heterogeneity: the issue of apples, oranges and fruit pie.
Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
; 21(1): 27-9, 2012 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-22670409
ABSTRACT
Heterogeneity refers to any kind of variation among studies contributing to the same outcome in a systematic review. There are three broad types of heterogeneity clinical heterogeneity, methodological heterogeneity and statistical heterogeneity. In this paper, we describe these three types of heterogeneity and the main statistical approaches to measure heterogeneity.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Investigación
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Interpretación Estadística de Datos
Tipo de estudio:
Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia