====== Performing a Meta-analysis ======

  * [[wiki:guide:meta:eligibility |Determine eligibility for Meta-Analysis]]
  * [[wiki:guide:meta:analysis | Perform a meta-analysis with statistical software]]

// <font 11pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>A meta-analysis uses statistical methods to summarize the results of a systematic review.</font> //
  * <font 11pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Meta-analysis = study of studies</font>
  * <font 11pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Meta-analyses use statistical methods to analyze the findings in multiple studies</font>
  * <font 11pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Meta-analyses can include a pooled estimate and confidence interval for the treatment effect after combining all the studies; test for whether the treatment or risk factor effect is statistically significant and test for heterogeneity between the studies</font>