Yes - and that's where I have misgivings. Most of the people involved in the Review and the supporting studies are from other areas of medicine/healthcare research and that's not a bad thin… (View Post)

If 'included' and then not included in synthesis (due to quality) that should be very clearly flagged up in the paper. I'd be interested in any examples of that (as my understanding of… (View Post)

All part of the culture wars. Which, given we - as in the main parties - have largely stopped debating economic policy except for tinkering around the edges, is all we have. At least we used to be ab… (View Post)

I don't believe any of the reviews did a meta-analysis, so I'm not sure that they will have excluded based on quality. In a meta-analysis you'd weight or possibly exclude, but the synt… (View Post)

@148grss got to go to a meeting now, so may seem that I ignore you, but I'll check back later (View Post)