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Evidence Synthesis Academy
Evidence Synthesis Academy

Evidence Synthesis Academy

Training the next generation of evidence synthesis consumers and producers

Study results

Back to: Analyze & Synthesize Data

First, you’ll draw a square.

This square illustrates each study’s result- in other words, what the study discovered when it compared the headache medicines. The size of the square reflects your weight for the study.

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Confidence intervals

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  • Getting started
    • Getting started
    • What do I do first?
    • To meta-analyze or not to meta-analyze?
  • Meta-analysis basics
    • Meta-analysis
    • What meta-analysis does
    • Averaging Approach #1
    • Averaging approach #2 (stratified pooling)
    • How did that happen?
    • What approach to use?
  • Weighting
    • Weighting
    • Weighting by precision
    • What is precision?
    • Precision example
    • Precision example answer
    • Precision and sample size
    • Weighting with Precision
    • How to find precision
    • Other weights
  • Common + Random Effects
    • One truth or many?
    • The common effect model
    • Common effect example
    • What if studies aren’t identical?
    • Random effects model
    • When to use random effects
    • Let’s review
  • Interpreting your results
    • Now what?
    • Meet the forest plot
    • How to make a forest plot
    • Study results
    • Confidence intervals
    • Displaying your studies
    • Telling a story
    • Inserting your final result
  • Are you sure?
    • Are you sure?
    • Subgroup analysis
    • How sensitive is your answer?
    • Leave one out analysis
    • Next steps

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