KANG Deying , HONG Qi , LIU Guanjian , WANG Jialiang
  • Department of Clinical Epidemiology; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; chengdu 610041 China;
Publication bias; funnel plot; trim and filling method
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Types of publication bias and its background are introduced in this paper, and publication bias can be investigated and deal with three methods: funnel plot, trim and filling method, and formula method. Those methods can be used to detect publication bias in conducting systematic reviews.

Citation： KANG Deying,HONG Qi,LIU Guanjian,WANG Jialiang. Investigating and dealing with publication bias in Meta analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2003, 03(1): 45-49. doi: Copy