Small Study Effects in Diagnostic Imaging Accuracy
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.28776
Abstract: Key Points Question What are the prevalence and extent of small study effects in the diagnostic imaging literature? Findings This meta-analysis of diagnostic performance data pooled from 31 diagnostic imaging accuracy meta-analyses including 668 primary… read more here.
Keywords: study effects; effects diagnostic; small study; diagnostic imaging ... See more keywords
Bringing the doctoral thesis by published papers to the Social Sciences and the Humanities: A quantitative easing? A small study of doctoral thesis submission rules and practice in two disciplines in the UK
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03483-9
Abstract: This paper examines how an alternative to the traditional monograph form of the doctoral thesis is emerging that reflects a new approach to the valuation and designation of scientific outputs. This new approach, based on… read more here.
Keywords: thesis; doctoral thesis; small study; published papers ... See more keywords
Raising Placebo Efficacy in Antidepressant Trials Across Decades Explained by Small-Study Effects: A Meta-Reanalysis
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00633
Abstract: Background Recent meta-analyses reported placebo response rate in antidepressant trials to be stable since the 1970s. These meta-analyses however were limited in considering only linear time trends, assessed trial-level covariates based on single-model hypothesis testing… read more here.
Keywords: placebo efficacy; small study; time trends; study effects ... See more keywords
Small-study effects: current practice and challenges for future research
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DOI: 10.4310/sii.2020.v13.n4.a5
Abstract: Meta-analyses and systematic reviews are highly valued as evidence for clinical decisionand policy-making. However, inference in these settings may be invalid if the studies do not come from the same underlying distribution. Small study effects… read more here.
Keywords: practice challenges; small study; current practice; study effects ... See more keywords