The applicability to systematic reviews of common effect, random effects and fixed effects approaches to meta-analysis
Statistical Methods in Medical Research: An International Review Journal
Published online on April 16, 2026
Abstract
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Systematic reviewers planning quantitative meta-analysis usually choose between fixed effect meta-analysis, and random effects meta-analysis. An alternative method is called fixed effects (note the s in the name). This method has the unique property that ...
Systematic reviewers planning quantitative meta-analysis usually choose between fixed effect meta-analysis, and random effects meta-analysis. An alternative method is called fixed effects (note the s in the name). This method has the unique property that ...