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Meta-analyses can be defined as systematic reviews with pooled data. Because the separate studies in a meta-analysis have different sample sizes for the overall results a weighted average has to be calculated. Heterogeneity in a meta-analysis means that the differences in the results between the studies are larger than could happen by chance. The calculation of the overall result and the test for heterogeneity is demonstrated underneath.
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Cleophas, T.J., Zwinderman, A.H. (2012). Meta-Analysis of Continuous Data. In: Statistical Analysis of Clinical Data on a Pocket Calculator, Part 2. SpringerBriefs in Statistics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4704-3_17
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