RCR: Performing and Interpreting a Meta-Analysis

Presented by Maria Mori Brooks, PhD, Director, CTSI Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health 

This session will review the principles for conducting a meta-analysis.  We will describe key steps for planning a systematic review, performing a meta-analysis, and interpreting the results.  STATA will be used to demonstrate how to derive overall estimates and assess the risk of biases. (subject matter: data acquisition and analysis)