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| Title |
Meta-analysis: Neither quick nor easy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, August 2002
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-2-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nancy G Berman, Robert A Parker |
| Abstract |
Meta-analysis is often considered to be a simple way to summarize the existing literature. In this paper we describe how a meta-analysis resembles a conventional study, requiring a written protocol with design elements that parallel those of a record review. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 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 | 3 | 21% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Japan | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 50% |
| Scientists | 5 | 36% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 333 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 2% |
| Unknown | 299 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 71 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 65 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 81 | 24% |
| Unknown | 33 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 81 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 68 | 20% |
| Psychology | 41 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 66 | 20% |
| Unknown | 46 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. 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 12 November 2014.
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#3,503,238
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Outputs from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#535
of 2,246 outputs
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#4,353
of 47,032 outputs
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#2
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