Meta-analyses triggered by previous (false-)significant findings: problems and solutions.

Syst Rev · 2015 · PMC4458016 · PMID 25908184

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possibly significantno p-value reported

This is remarkable because the aim of a meta-analysis is often to combine all available primary studies, commonly including a majority of non-significant primary studies, in order to obtain a more precise and indeed possibly significant effect estimate in the meta-analysis.

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