Chapter 27 – Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software

Michael Borenstein

Abstract

Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) is a computer program for meta-analysis that was developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health in the United States. CMA features a spreadsheet view and a menu-driven interface. As such, it allows a researcher to enter data and perform a simple analysis in a matter of minutes. At the same time, it offers a wide array of advanced features, including the ability to plot the distribution of true effects, to compare the effect size in subgroups of studies, to run meta-regression, to estimate the potential impact of publication bias, and to produce high-resolution plots. The program’s website, http://www.Meta-Analysis.com, features PDFs and videos that explain how to perform, interpret, and report a meta-analysis.

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Borenstein, M. (2022). Chapter 27. Comprehensive meta-analysis software. In: Systematic Reviews in Health Research: Meta-analysis in Context (eds M. Egger, J.P.T. Higgins and G. Davey Smith), pp 535-548. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley.

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Borenstein, M. (2022). Chapter 27. Comprehensive meta-analysis software. In: Systematic Reviews in Health Research: Meta-analysis in Context (eds M. Egger, J.P.T. Higgins and G. Davey Smith). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119099369.ch27