This paper serves as an Introduction by the co-editors to a Special Section of Child Development entitled "Meta-analysis and Individual Participant Data Synthesis in Child Development." First, the ...

This course in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program at Western Michigan University is an advanced graduate seminar designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities ...

Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods, it can ...

Objective To perform a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis on the effects of all relevant exercise training modes on resting blood pressure to establish optimal antihypertensive exercise ...

Data sources Six databases, six trial registries and prior systematic reviews. Forward and backward citation tracking was employed. Eligibility criteria Randomised controlled trials that compared ...

Background Though undiagnosed in many patients, especially those with cryptogenic stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a key ...