Category Critical appraisal

Critical appraisal

A never-ending story

Diagnostic odds ratio. Diagnostic odds ratio is an easy-to-interpret diagnostic test marker that does not depend on the prevalence of the disease.

Manuel Molina
03/25/2014

Critical appraisal

Funnel asymmetry

Publication bias. There is publication bias when not all the relevant information on a topic is published. The methods available to detect it are described.

Manuel Molina
06/11/2013

Critical appraisal

Don’t let you can’t see the wood for the trees

PRISMA statement. PRISMA statement establishes the methodological requirements that a systematic review with meta-analysis must comply.

Manuel Molina
06/04/2013

Critical appraisal

Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves

Combining studies in meta-analysis. Combining studies in meta-analysis uses a weighting model. The two most used are the fixed effect model and the random effects model.