The conclusiveness of trial sequential analysis varies with estimation of between-study variance: a case study

Abstract Background Trial sequential methods have been introduced to address issues related to increased likelihood of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis in meta-analyses due to repeated significance testing. Between-study variance (τ2) and its estimate ( $$\widehat{\tau }$$ τ ^ 2) play a cru...

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Main Authors: Enoch Kang, James S. Hodges, Yu-Chieh Chuang, Jin-Hua Chen, Chiehfeng Chen, Cochrane Taiwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02545-x
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