JSM 2004 Online Program

JSM Activity #CE_27C

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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter FRY = Fairmont Royal York, ICH = InterContinental Hotel, TCC = Metro Toronto Convention Center		Add To My Program
CE_27C	Tue, 8/10/04, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	FRY-Alberta
Meta-analysis: Statistical Methods for Combining the Results of Independent Studies (1/2 Day Course) - Continuing Education - Course
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Instructor(s): Ingram Olkin, Stanford University
Meta-analysis enables researchers to synthesize the results of a number of independent studies designed to determine the effect of an experimental protocol such as an intervention, so that the combined weight of evidence can be considered and applied. Increasingly meta-analysis is being used in the health sciences, education and economics to augment traditional methods of narrative research by systematically aggregating and quantifying research literature. The information explosion in almost every field coupled with the movement towards evidence based decision making and cost-effective analysis has served as a catalyst for the development of procedures to synthesize the results of independent studies.