StataCorp Demo: Meta-analysis using Stata — Other Cmte/Business
StataCorp
Organizer(s): Houssein Assaad, StataCorp
This demo will cover how to perform meta-analysis. Meta-analysis (MA) is a statistical technique for combining the results from several similar studies. The demo will provide a brief introduction to MA and will demonstrate how to perform MA in various applications. Stata's meta command offers full support for MA from computing various effect sizes and producing basic meta-analytic summary and forest plots to accounting for between-study heterogeneity and potential publication bias. A number of case studies demonstrating how to conduct an MA in Stata 17 will be provided. These examples will focus on the interpretation of MA under various models, meta-regression and its postestimation features, subgroup analysis, small-study effects and publication bias, and various types of forest, funnel, and other plots. Multivariate MA will be discussed if time allows. No prior knowledge of Stata is required, but basic familiarity with MA will prove useful.
