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| Title |
Undue reliance on I2 in assessing heterogeneity may mislead
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, November 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-8-79 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gerta Rücker, Guido Schwarzer, James R Carpenter, Martin Schumacher |
| Abstract |
The heterogeneity statistic I(2), interpreted as the percentage of variability due to heterogeneity between studies rather than sampling error, depends on precision, that is, the size of the studies included. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 154 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 40 | 26% |
| United States | 10 | 6% |
| Canada | 7 | 5% |
| Australia | 6 | 4% |
| France | 4 | 3% |
| Brazil | 4 | 3% |
| Colombia | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 20 | 13% |
| Unknown | 54 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 67 | 44% |
| Scientists | 65 | 42% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 18 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 311 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 294 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 19% |
| Researcher | 56 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 57 | 18% |
| Unknown | 56 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 108 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 6% |
| Mathematics | 20 | 6% |
| Psychology | 18 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 55 | 18% |
| Unknown | 75 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 121. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 February 2024.
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#351,029
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Outputs from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#22
of 2,314 outputs
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#1,005
of 180,409 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#1
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