Abstract
The use of individual participant data instead of aggregate data in meta-analyses has many potential advantages, both statistically and clinically. <b>Richard D Riley and colleagues</b> describe the rationale for an individual participant data meta-analysis and outline how to conduct this type of study
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Meta-analysisAggregate dataParticipant observationPsychologyData collectionAggregate (composite)Data scienceComputer scienceMedicineSociologyStatisticsMathematicsSocial science
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- 2010
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 340
- Issue
- feb05 1
- Pages
- c221-c221
- Citations
- 1623
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- Closed
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Richard D Riley,
Paul C. Lambert,
Ghada Abo-Zaid
(2010).
Meta-analysis of individual participant data: rationale, conduct, and reporting.
BMJ
, 340
(feb05 1)
, c221-c221.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c221
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- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.c221