April 9, 2007Canadian Medical Association Journal1,055 citationsOpen Access
The appropriateness of asymmetry tests for publication bias in meta-analyses: a large survey
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Abstract
Statistical conditions for employing asymmetry tests for publication bias are absent from most meta-analyses; yet, in medical journals these tests are performed often and interpreted erroneously.
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Ioannidis et al. (2007) studied this question.