Evidence Synthesis Academy

Analyze & Synthesize Data

Analyze & Synthesize Data

This is the seventh course in a series of online courses about how to conduct a systematic review. If you haven’t completed the other steps yet, please visit our homepage to start from the beginning.

For more background on what a systematic review is and how it might help you answer an important question, check out our intro course.

If you’re ready to analyze and synthesize your data, let’s get started!

 

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Getting started

Getting started
Lesson 1 of 3 within section Getting started.
What do I do first?
Lesson 2 of 3 within section Getting started.
To meta-analyze or not to meta-analyze?
Lesson 3 of 3 within section Getting started.

Meta-analysis basics

Meta-analysis
Lesson 1 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics.
What meta-analysis does
Lesson 2 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics.
Averaging Approach #1
Lesson 3 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics.
Averaging approach #2 (stratified pooling)
Lesson 4 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics.
How did that happen?
Lesson 5 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics.
What approach to use?
Lesson 6 of 6 within section Meta-analysis basics. You must enroll in this course to access course content.

Weighting

Weighting
Lesson 1 of 9 within section Weighting.
Weighting by precision
Lesson 2 of 9 within section Weighting.
What is precision?
Lesson 3 of 9 within section Weighting. You must enroll in this course to access course content.
Precision example
Lesson 4 of 9 within section Weighting. You must enroll in this course to access course content.
Precision example answer
Lesson 5 of 9 within section Weighting.
Precision and sample size
Lesson 6 of 9 within section Weighting.
Weighting with Precision
Lesson 7 of 9 within section Weighting.
How to find precision
Lesson 8 of 9 within section Weighting.
Other weights
Lesson 9 of 9 within section Weighting.

Common + Random Effects

One truth or many?
Lesson 1 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.
The common effect model
Lesson 2 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.
Common effect example
Lesson 3 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects. You must enroll in this course to access course content.
What if studies aren’t identical?
Lesson 4 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.
Random effects model
Lesson 5 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.
When to use random effects
Lesson 6 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.
Let’s review
Lesson 7 of 7 within section Common + Random Effects.

Interpreting your results

Now what?
Lesson 1 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.
Meet the forest plot
Lesson 2 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.
How to make a forest plot
Lesson 3 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.
Study results
Lesson 4 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.
Confidence intervals
Lesson 5 of 8 within section Interpreting your results. You must enroll in this course to access course content.
Displaying your studies
Lesson 6 of 8 within section Interpreting your results. You must enroll in this course to access course content.
Telling a story
Lesson 7 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.
Inserting your final result
Lesson 8 of 8 within section Interpreting your results.

Are you sure?

Are you sure?
Lesson 1 of 5 within section Are you sure?.
Subgroup analysis
Lesson 2 of 5 within section Are you sure?.
How sensitive is your answer?
Lesson 3 of 5 within section Are you sure?.
Leave one out analysis
Lesson 4 of 5 within section Are you sure?.
Next steps
Lesson 5 of 5 within section Are you sure?.

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