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Year : 2020 | Volume
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Study designs: Part 8 - Meta-analysis (I)
Priya Ranganathan1, Rakesh Aggarwal2
1 Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 Director, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry India
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DOI: 10.4103/picr.PICR_283_20
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A systematic review is a form of secondary research that answers a clearly formulated research question using systematic and defined methods to identify, collect, appraise, and summarize all the primary research evidence on that topic. In this article, we look at meta-analysis – the statistical technique of combining the results of studies included in a systematic review.
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