Heterogeneity: The issue of apples, oranges and fruit pie
Abstract
Heterogeneity refers to any kind of variation among studies contributing to the same outcome in a systematic review. There are three broad types of heterogeneity: clinical heterogeneity, methodological heterogeneity and statistical heterogeneity. In this paper, we describe these three types of heterogeneity and the main statistical approaches to measure heterogeneity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
Author
Adams, Clive E.
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Date
2012
Type
Article
Subject
Confidence intervals, Statistics
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Citation
Purgato, M. & Adams, C. E. (2012). Heterogeneity: The issue of apples, oranges and fruit pie. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 21 (1), pp.27-29.