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Funnel plots for detecting bias in meta-analysis

Jonathan A C Sterne, Matthias Egger

2001Journal of Clinical Epidemiology3,775 citationsDOI

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Funnel plotStatisticsSample size determinationPublication biasMeta-analysisConfidence intervalStandard errorAsymmetryMathematicsType I and type II errorsOdds ratioStandard deviationSample (material)InverseMedicineGeometryPhysicsInternal medicineThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy