Performance of statistical methods for meta-analysis when true study effects are non-normally distributed: A simulation study.

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Published in Stat Methods Med Res on December 09, 2010

Authors

Evangelos Kontopantelis1, David Reeves

Author Affiliations

1: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, 5th Floor, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, UK. e.kontopantelis@manchester.ac.uk

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