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November 1, 1994American Journal of Epidemiology355 citations

Meta-analysis/Shmeta-analysis

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SSSamuel Shapiro

Key Points

  • Examine the validity, methodological rigor, and limitations of conducting meta-analyses on observational epidemiological studies.
  • Synthesizes perspectives and scientific debate presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research symposium on meta-analysis of observational studies.
  • Critically evaluates whether statistical pooling across diverse observational study designs introduces systemic biases or misleading precision.
  • Outlines conceptual disagreements regarding the utility of quantitative synthesis compared to qualitative evaluation in epidemiology.

Abstract

This and the following two commentaries (pages 779 and 783) are based on presentations made at the symposium “Meta-analysis of Observational Studies” at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Keystone, Colorado, June 16—18, 1993. Dr. Shapiro‘s response to Drs. Petitti and Greenland follows on page 788.

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Samuel Shapiro (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f2929f7e1df59726c945fhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117324
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