内容简介
With meta-analysis methods playing a crucial role in health research in recent years， this important and clearly-written book provides a much-needed survey of the field。
Meta-analysis provides a framework for combining the results of several clinical trials and drawing inferences about the effectiveness of medical treatments。The move towards evidence-based health care and practice is underpinned by the use of meta-analysis。 This book：
* Provides a thorough criticism and an up-to-date survey of meta-analysis methods
* Emphasises the practical approach，and illustrates the methods by numerous examples
* Describes the use of Bayesian methods in meta-analysis
* Includes discussion of appropriate software for each analysis
* Includes numerous references to more advanced treatment of specialist topics
Meta-analysis provides a framework for combining the results of several clinical trials and drawing inferences about the effectiveness of medical treatments。The move towards evidence-based health care and practice is underpinned by the use of meta-analysis。 This book：
* Provides a thorough criticism and an up-to-date survey of meta-analysis methods
* Emphasises the practical approach，and illustrates the methods by numerous examples
* Describes the use of Bayesian methods in meta-analysis
* Includes discussion of appropriate software for each analysis
* Includes numerous references to more advanced treatment of specialist topics