Title stata.com meta — Meta-analysis Remarks and examples References

Remarks and examples stata.com Stata does not have a meta-analysis command. Stata users, however, have developed an excellent suite of commands for performing meta-analysis, including commands for performing standard and cumulative meta-analysis, commands for producing forest plots and contour-enhanced funnel plots, and commands for nonparametric analysis of publication bias. Many articles describing these commands have been published in the Stata Technical Bulletin and the Stata Journal. These articles were updated and published in a cohesive collection: Meta-Analysis in Stata: An Updated Collection from the Stata Journal. In this collection, editor Jonathan Sterne discusses how these articles relate to each other and how they fit in the overall literature of meta-analysis. Sterne has organized the collection into four areas: classic meta-analysis; meta-regression; graphical and analytic tools for detecting bias; and recent advances such as meta-analysis for dose–response curves, diagnostic accuracy, multivariate analysis, and studies containing missing values. All meta-analysis commands discussed in this collection may be downloaded by visitin