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doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7568.597.
The case of the misleading funnel plot
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7568.597
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The case of the misleading funnel plot
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Abstract
Evidence based medicine insists on rigorous standards to appraise clinical interventions. Failure to apply the same rules to its own tools could be equally damaging
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Effect of measure of precision (plotted on y axis) on appearance of funnel plots. Redrawn from Tang and Liu
Effect of grouping of data on impression of funnel plot for meta-analysis of inhaled disodium cromoglicate that found significant heterogeneity
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