PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paulson, Daryl S.
TI  - Some Basic Points Concerning Meta-Analysis
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.26.1.30
DP  - 2013 Jan 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 30--38
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/26/1/30.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/26/1/30.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2013 Jan 01; 26
AB  - Multiple studies have been performed on a variety of substances, often producing contradictory results. Meta-analysis has provided a means of evaluating these disparate results, combining them into a summary statistic. Using continuous data for baseline and one sample point, several studies were evaluated to achieve a single result, demonstrating the meta-analysis evaluation process.ABBREVIATIONS: ANOVA-analysis of variance, H0-null hypothesis, HA-alternative hypothesis, FDA-Food and Drug Administration.