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Meta-Analysis Software

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META-ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

Reviews of meta-analytic software
Commercial programs
Freely available programs
Meta-analysis macros in general packages

Reviews of meta-analytic software

In these web sites you can consult an updated review of meta-analytic software:

• http://www.prw.le.ac.uk/epidemio/personal/ajs22/meta/

• http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/wshadish/index.htm

References about reviews of meta-analytic software:

• Arthur, W., Bennett, W. & Huffcutt, A. (1994). Choice of software and programs in meta-analysis research: Does it make a difference? Educational & Psychological Measurement, 54, 776-787.

• Egger, M., Sterne, J.A.C. & Davey Smith, G. (2000). Meta-analysis software. British Medical Journal, 316

• Normand, S.L. (1995). Meta-analysis software: A comparative review. American Statistician, 49, 298-309.

• Sterne, J.A.C., Egger, M. & Sutton, A.J. (2001). Meta-analysis software. In M. Egger, G. Davey Smith & D.G. Altmann (Eds.), Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context (pp. 336-346). London: BMJ Pub. Group.

• Sutton, A.J., Lambert, P.C., Hellmich, M., et al. (2000). Meta-analysis in practice: A critical review of available software. In D.A. Berry & D.K. Stangl (Eds.), Meta-analysis in Medicine and Health Policy. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Commercial programs

• Comprehensive Meta-analysis: A Computer Program for Research Synthesis (1999) [M. Borenstein & H. Rothstein]. Englewood, NJ: BiostatTM. http://www.MetaAnalysis.com

• DSTAT: Software for the Meta-analytic Review of Research Literatures (Vers. 1.1) (1993) [B.T. Johnson]. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. http://www.erlbaum.com

• ES: A Computer Program for Effect Size Calculation (1999) [W.R. Shadish, L. Robinson & C. Wu]. St. Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.

• FAST*PRO: Software for Meta-analysis by the Confidence Profile Method (1992) [D.M. Eddy & V. Hasselblad]. Boston, MA: Academic Press.

• META: Meta-analysis in Medical Research (2005) [G. Leandro]. Malden, MA: Blackwell  Pub. Ltd.

• MetaWin: Statistical Software for Meta-analysis with Resampling Tests (Vers. 2.0) (1999) [M.S. Rosenberg, D.C. Adams & J. Gurevitch]. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Assoc. http://www.metawinsoft.com

• Metaxis (Vers. 1). Update Software Ltd. http://www.update-software.com/metaxis/metaxis-frame.html

Freely available programs

• Easy MA (Vers. 99) (1997) [M. Cucherat]. Lyon, France: University of Lyon. http://www.spc.univ-lyon1.fr/~mcu/easyma

• Meta: Meta-analysis Programs (Vers. 5.3) (1989) [R. Schwarzer]. Raleigh, NC: National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse. http://www.RalfSchwarzer.de

• Meta-Analyst (1995) [J. Lau]. Boston, MA: New England Medical Center. E-mail: joseph.lau@es.nemc.org

• Meta-Test (1997) [J. Lau]. Boston, MA: NewEngland Medical Center. E-mail: joseph.lau@es.nemc.org

• MIX: Meta-analysis with Interactive Explanations (Vers. 1.5) (2006). Leon Bax. http://www.mix-for-meta-analysis.info

• RevMan: The Cochrane Collaboration's Review Manager (Vers. 5.0) (2001). The Cochrane Collaboration. http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/revman.htm

Meta-analysis macros in general packages

• BUGS y WinBUGS. http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs

• David B. Wilson's macros  http://mason.gmu.edu/~dwilsonb/ma.html

• R http://cran.r-project.org

• SAS http://www.sas.com

  • Wang, M.C. & Bushman, B.J. (1999). Integrating Results through Meta-analytic Review Using SAS(R) Software. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc.

  • Kus, O. & Koch, A. (1996). Meta-analysis macros for SAS. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 22, 325-333.

• S-Plus

  • http://www.mathsoft.com/splus

  • http://www.prw.le.ac.uk/epidemio/personal/ajs22/meta/routine.html

  • http://www.research.att.com/~dumouchel/bsoft.html

• Stata http://www.stata.com

  • Sterne, J.A.C., Bradburn, M.J. & Egger, M. (2001). Meta-analysis in StataTM. In M. Egger, G. Davey Smith & D.G. Altmann (Eds.), Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context (pp. 347-369). London, UK: BMJ Pub. Group.

• StatsDirect http://www.camcode.com

• StatXact http://www.cytel.com/products/statxact/statxact1.html

• True Epistat http://ic.net/~biomware/biohp2te.htm