Review of the First Edition: The authors strive to reduce theory to a minimum which makes it a self-learning text that is comprehensible for biologists physicians etc. who lack an advanced mathematics background. Unlike in many other textbooks R is not introduced with meaningless toy examples; instead the reader is taken by the hand and shown around some analyses graphics and simulations directly relating to meta-analysisâ A useful hands-on guide for practitioners who want to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of meta-analysis and get started without having to plough through theorems and proofs. âJournal of Applied Statistics Statistical Meta-Analysis with R and Stata Second Edition provides a thorough presentation of statistical meta-analyses (MA) with step-by-step implementations using R/Stata. The authors develop analysis step by step using appropriate R/Stata functions which enables readers to gain an understanding of meta-analysis methods and R/Stata implementation so that they can use these two popular software packages to analyze their own meta-data. Each chapter gives examples of real studies compiled from the literature. After presenting the data and necessary background for understanding the applications various methods for analyzing meta-data are introduced. The authors then develop analysis code using the appropriate R/Stata packages and functions. Whatâs New in the Second Edition: Adds Stata programs along with the R programs for meta-analysis Updates all the statistical meta-analyses with R/Stata programs Covers fixed-effects and random-effects MA meta-regression MA with rare-event and MA-IPD vs MA-SS Adds five new chapters on multivariate MA publication bias missing data in MA MA in evaluating diagnostic accuracy and network MA Suitable as a graduate-level text for a meta-data analysis course the book is also a valuable reference for practitioners and biostatisticians (even those with little or no experience in using R or Stata) in public health medical research governmental agencies and the pharmaceutical industry. . Language: English