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Applied meta-analysis with R

By: Contributor(s): Series: Chapman &​ Hall/​CRC biostatistics seriesPublication details: CRC Press 2013 Boca RatonDescription: xxiv, 321 pISBN:
  • 9781466505995
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.15195 C4A7
Summary: In biostatistical research and courses, practitioners and students often lack a thorough understanding of how to apply statistical methods to synthesize biomedical and clinical trial data. Filling this knowledge gap, Applied Meta-Analysis with R shows how to implement statistical meta-analysis methods to real data using R. Drawing on their extensive research and teaching experiences, the authors provide detailed, step-by-step explanations of the implementation of meta-analysis methods using R. Each chapter gives examples of real studies compiled from the literature. After presenting the data and necessary background for understanding the applications, various methods for analyzing meta-data are introduced. The authors then develop analysis code using the appropriate R packages and functions. This systematic approach helps readers thoroughly understand the analysis methods and R implementation, enabling them to use R and the methods to analyze their own meta-data. Suitable as a graduate-level text for a meta-data analysis course, the book is also a valuable reference for practitioners and biostatisticians (even those with little or no experience in using R) in public health, medical research, governmental agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry. (https://www.crcpress.com/Applied-Meta-Analysis-with-R/Chen-Peace/9781466505995)
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Table of contents:

1. Introduction to R
2. Research Protocol for Meta-Analyses
3. Fixed-Effects and Random-Effects in Meta-Analysis
4. Meta-Analysis with Binary Data
5. Meta-Analysis for Continuous Data
6. Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis
7. Meta-Regression
8. Individual-Patient Level Data Analysis versus Meta-Analysis
9. Meta-Analysis for Rare Events
10. Other R Packages for Meta-Analysis

In biostatistical research and courses, practitioners and students often lack a thorough understanding of how to apply statistical methods to synthesize biomedical and clinical trial data. Filling this knowledge gap, Applied Meta-Analysis with R shows how to implement statistical meta-analysis methods to real data using R.
Drawing on their extensive research and teaching experiences, the authors provide detailed, step-by-step explanations of the implementation of meta-analysis methods using R. Each chapter gives examples of real studies compiled from the literature. After presenting the data and necessary background for understanding the applications, various methods for analyzing meta-data are introduced. The authors then develop analysis code using the appropriate R packages and functions. This systematic approach helps readers thoroughly understand the analysis methods and R implementation, enabling them to use R and the methods to analyze their own meta-data.
Suitable as a graduate-level text for a meta-data analysis course, the book is also a valuable reference for practitioners and biostatisticians (even those with little or no experience in using R) in public health, medical research, governmental agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.

(https://www.crcpress.com/Applied-Meta-Analysis-with-R/Chen-Peace/9781466505995)

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