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An historical perspective on meta-analysis: dealing quantitatively with varying study results
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An historical perspective on meta-analysis: dealing quantitatively with varying study results
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- Chalmers I, Hedges LV, Cooper H. A brief history of research synthesis. Evaluation and the Health Professions 2002;25: 12-37 - PubMed
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- Franklin J. The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
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- Hunt M. How Science Takes Stock: Story of Meta-Analysis. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997
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- Olkin I. History and Goals. In: Wachter KW, Straf ML, eds. The Future of Meta-Analysis. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1990
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- O'Rourke K. Meta-analytical themes in the history of statistics: 1700 to 1938. Pakistan J Stat 2002;18: 285-99
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