Books

    Cooper, H.M. and Hedges, L.V. (Eds) (1994). The Handbook of Research Synthesis, New York: Sage Publications.

    Hedges, L.V. and Olkin, I. (1985). Statistical Methods for Meta Analysis, New York, Academic Press.

    Note: This book is available in the Education Library, the reference number is HA 29 .H425 1985

    Hunter, J.E. and Schmidt, F.L. (1990). Methods of Meta Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings. Newbury Park, CA, Sage Publications.

    Note: This book is available in William T. Young Library, the reference number is HA29 .H847 1990.

    Diana B. Petitti (2000). Meta Analysis, Decision Analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine, New York: Oxford University Press.

    Note: This book is available in the Medical Center Library (Book Stacks), the reference number is WA 950 P491m 2000.

    Wang , M.C. and Bushman, B.J. (1999). Integrating Results Through Meta Analytic Review Using SAS Software, SAS Institute.

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Internet Articles

    A series of articles in BMJ (http://www.bmj.com/):

        1. Meta-analysis: potential and promise
            Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7119/7119ed.htm

        2. Meta-analyses: principles and procedures
            Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Andrew N Phillips
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7121/7121ed.htm
 
         3. Meta-analysis: beyond the grand mean
             George Davey Smith, Matthias Egger, Andrew N Phillips
             http://www.bmj.com/archive/7122/7122ed2.htm
 
         4. Meta-analysis: bias in location
             Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7124/7124ed2.htm
 
         5. Meta-analysis: spurious precision
             Matthias Egger, Martin Schneider, George Davey Smith
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7125/7125ed2.htm
 
         6.  Meta-analysis: Unresolved issues and future developments
              George Davey Smith, Matthias Egger
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7126/7126ed8.htm

         7. Meta-Analysis Software
             Matthias Egger, Jonathan AC Sterne, George Davey Smith
            http://www.bmj.com/archive/7126/7126ed8.htm
 

Software

    Comprehensive Meata-Analysis program is a commercial meta analysis software package. The information about the software and prices can be found at the following web site: http://www.meta-analysis.com .

    Epi Meta is free meta analysis software developed by Statistical and Epidemiology Branch, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, CDC, Atlanta, GA and can be downloaded from the following site: http://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Software/epimeta/

    Statistics Software for Meta-Analysis is a free program written by Ralf Schwarzer. The program and the manual can be downloaded from the following site: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~health/meta_e.htm.

    Meta-Analysis Easy to Answer is a free program written by David A. Kenny. The program and the documentation can be downloaded from the following site: http://davidakenny.net/meta.htm.

    EasyMA is a program for meta analysis of clinical trials results, developed by Department of Clinical Pharmacology of a university hospital in Lyon, France. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from the following site: http://www.spc.univ-Lyon1.fr/~mcu/easyma/.