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Required Reading and Downloads


Text Calculators for download

This tutorial comes with a series of calculators to help you conduct meta analyses as you read along. To use the calculators, you need a spreadsheet program that is compatible with Microsoft Excel 4.0 or higher. For using the funnel plot maker and the graph maker, you need to use a spreadsheet program that is compatible with Excel 97 or higher.

Download these files to a single folder in your specified drive and remember the path name. Use them as often as you want. For feedbacks and bug reports,  write to: healthcareconsultants@graffiti.net



Recommended Text:

Petiti, D.M. Meta Analysis, Decision Analysis and Cost Effectiveness Analysis. Oxford University Press; 1994.

An excellent resource for learning meta-analysis. This tutorial borrows heavily on this book.



Calculators:

Mantel Haenszel Summary Estimate... requires Excel 4.0 or higher
Summary Estimate Using Peto's Method... requires Excel 4.0 or higher
Summary Estimate using Random Effects Model... Excel 4.0 or higher
Summary estimate for continuous scale variables
Summary estimate for relative risk estimates and 95% CI
Funnel Plot Maker
Graph Maker


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