In 2010 the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group ran a two day workshop for Cochrane statisticians on advanced issues in meta-analysis techniques. The course was taught by several experienced statisticians and covered a range of advanced issues in meta-analysis and assessment of bias. An additional session was devoted to discussion of issues related to statistical contribution to Collaborative Review Groups.
The link below gives access to the PDFs and slidecasts of the presentations.
After using this resource, you should be able to...
- Understand advanced issues in meta-analysis and assessment bias
Sessions available are:
- Meta-analysis of continuous data: final values, change scores, and ANCOVA
Jo McKenzie (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia) - A few comments on meta-analysis of skewed continuous data
Doug Altman (Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, UK) - Ratio of mean (RoM) as an effect measure in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes
Joseph Beyene (University of Toronto, and McMaster University, Canada) - Meta-analysis of time-to-event data
Catrin Tudur Smith (Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, University of Liverpool, UK) - Meta-analysis of ordinal data
Steff Lewis (Edinburgh MRC Clinical Trials Methodology Hub, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK) - Meta-analysis of count data
Peter Herbison (Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand) - Missing data
Julian Higgins (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK) - Investigating heterogeneity: Subgroup analysis and meta-regression
Roger Harbord (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK) - Multiple treatments meta-analysis I
Georgia Salanti (Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece) - Multiple treatments meta-analysis II
Sofia Dias (Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, UK) - Selective outcome reporting
Kerry Dwan (Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, University of Liverpool, UK)
Doug Altman (Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, UK) - Risk of bias assessments: analysis and interpretation
Jonathan Sterne (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK) - Statistical contribution to CRGs
Steff Lewis (Edinburgh MRC Clinical Trials Methodology Hub, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK)