Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments

Hannah R. Rothstein (Editor), Alexander J. Sutton (Editor), Michael Borenstein (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-470-87014-3

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376 pages

November 2005

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Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Notes on Contributors.

Chapter 1: Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis (Hannah R. Rothstein, Alexander J. Sutton and Michael Borenstein).

Part A: Publication bias in context.

Chapter 2: Publication Bias: Recognizing the Problem, Understanding Its Origins and Scope, and Preventing Harm (Kay Dickersin).

Chapter 3: Preventing Publication Bias: Registries and Prospective Meta-Analysis (Jesse A. Berlin and Davina Ghersi).

Chapter 4: Grey Literature and Systematic Reviews (Sally Hopewell, Mike Clarke and Sue Mallett).

Part B: Statistical methods for assessing publication bias.

Chapter 5: The Funnel Plot (Jonathan A.C. Sterne, Betsy Jane Becker and Matthias Egger).

Chapter 6: Regression Methods to Detect Publication and Other Bias in Meta-Analysis (Jonathan A.C. Sterne and Matthias Egger).

Chapter 7: Failsafe N or File-Drawer Number (Betsy Jane Becker).

Chapter 8: The Trim and Fill Method (Sue Duval).

Chapter 9: Selection Method Approaches (Larry V. Hedges and Jack Vevea).

Chapter 10: Evidence Concerning the Consequences of Publication and Related Biases (Alexander J. Sutton).

Chapter 11: Software for Publication Bias (Michael Borenstein).

Part C: Advanced and emerging approaches.

Chapter 12: Bias in Meta-Analysis Induced by Incompletely Reported Studies (Alexander J. Sutton and Therese D. Pigott).

Chapter 13: Assessing the Evolution of Effect Sizes over Time (Thomas A. Trikalinos and John P.A. Ioannidis).

Chapter 14: Do Systematic Reviews Based on Individual Patient Data Offer a Means of Circumventing Biases Associated with Trial Publications? (Lesley Stewart, Jayne Tierney and Sarah Burdett).

Chapter 15: Differentiating Biases from Genuine Heterogeneity: Distinguishing Artifactual from Substantive Effects (John P.A. Ioannidis).

Chapter 16: Beyond Conventional Publication Bias: Other Determinants of Data Suppression (Scott D. Halpern and Jesse A. Berlin).

Appendices.

Appendix A: Data Sets.

Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography (Hannah R. Rothstein and Ashley Busing).

Glossary.

Index.