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A condensed overview of modern meta-analytic methodologies as reviewed in the past 25 chapters is given. In addition, meta-analyses pooling uncenventional outcome measures are addressed, including meta-analyses of studies tested with analysis of variance, meta-analyses of crossover trials with binary outcomes, bio-equivalence study meta-analyses, and meta-analyses including agenda-driven biases.
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To readers requesting more background, theoretical and mathematical information of the computations given in this edition, several textbooks complementary to the current production and written by the same authors are available: Statistics applied to clinical studies 5th edition, 2012, Machine learning in medicine a complete overview, 2015, SPSS for starters and 2nd levelers 2nd edition, 2015, Clinical data analysis on a pocket calculator 2nd edition, 2016, Understanding clinical data analysis from published research, 2016, all of them edited by Springer Heidelberg Germany.
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Cleophas, T.J., Zwinderman, A.H. (2017). Novel Developments. In: Modern Meta-Analysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55895-0_26
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