Abstract
To the Editor: The article by Sacks et al. in the Feb. 19 issue* breaks important ground in the field of data analysis. Despite the questions the authors raise about the scientific validity of metaanalysis, it is a process that is here to stay, and it is important to have a framework in which to evaluate it. However, I was immediately struck by two points. The first was a certain degree of ambiguity in the title. Do the authors propose that this article is itself a meta-analysis, or an analysis of a meta-analysis (making the report a meta-meta-analysis)? If this…
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 575-577 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 317 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Aug 1987 |