How to quantify between-study heterogeneity in single-arm evidence synthesis?—It depends!

Abstract Background Random-effects meta-analysis models account for between-study heterogeneity by estimating and incorporating the heterogeneity variance parameter $${\tau }^{2}$$ τ 2 . Numerous estimators for $${\tau }^{2}$$ τ 2 have been proposed, but no widely accepted guidance exists on when to...

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Main Authors: Stefania Iaquinto, Lea Bührer, Maria Feldmann, Beatrice Latal, Ulrike Held
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-025-02831-1
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