CSCAR at the University of Michigan: Workshops and Seminars: Meta-Analysis

The Center For Statistical Consultation and Research
3550 Rackham Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070
cscar@umich.edu

META-ANALYSIS:
Identifying, Evaluating and Pooling Evidence from Multiple Studies

April 24, 2008

CSCAR: Ananda Sen, Brenda Gillespie, Kathy Welch
University Library: Doreen Bradley, Patricia Yocum

This one-day workshop will be presented jointly by the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) and the University of Michigan Library. One segment of the workshop will examine a variety of information resources, leading to a comprehensive review of the literature. It will also cover specific strategies for searching major databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, and Search Tools as well as explore RefWorks and EndNote for citation management. Another segment of the workshop will discuss measurement issues, summarizing studies in terms of study design, participants studied, outcome measures and their standard errors, and the use of covariates. The identification of biases, such as publication bias and its consequences, will also be discussed. The workshop will review when and if it is appropriate to combine estimates from different studies, and will present methods for combining estimates and obtaining appropriate standard errors for several types of outcome measures. The final segment will include methods for carrying out meta-analyses using statistical software, such as Stata and SAS. Graphical methods (such as funnel plots to identify publication bias, forest plots, and cumulative plots) will be included.

Instructors from CSCAR:

Ananda Sen is an Associate Research Scientist at CSCAR and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Statistics. He has extensive experience in survival analysis, industrial statistics, and reliability.
Brenda Gillespie is the Associate Director of CSCAR and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at The University of Michigan. She has extensive experience as a statistical consultant, and specializes in regression and ANOVA, survival analysis, design of experiments, and clinical trials.
Kathy Welch is SAS Consultant for CSCAR.

Instructors from the University Library:

Doreen Bradley is a Librarian at the Health Sciences Libraries.
Patricia Yocum is a Librarian at the Shapiro Science Library.

Audience:

Any interested researcher or scholar.

Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Time:

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location:

East Seminar Room, Rackham, 3^rd Floor

Fee:

Registration until April 10, 2008:
$150 for University of Michigan affiliated faculty, staff and students
$325 for others.
Registration after April 10, 2008:
$180 for University of Michigan affiliated faculty, staff and students
$390 for others.
Fees can be paid by check or billed to a University of Michigan project/grant.

Registration:

Call CSCAR at 734-764-7828. Enrollment is limited. Please make the check payable to CSCAR-University of Michigan, or give the University of Michigan Project/Grant or Short Code to be billed. Send check to CSCAR, 3550 Rackham Bldg., University of Michigan, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor MI 48109-1070.