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Fixed Effects Borenstein et al 2009 pp 6465 Random Effects Borenstein et al 2009 p 72 Typical Model In most applications of metaanalysis we want to infer things about a class of studies only some of which we are able to observe The inference we typically want is randomeffects. R OSENBAUM Before R A Fisher introduced randomized experimentation the literature on empirical methods emphasized reducing het erogeneity of experimental units as the key to inference about the effects caused by treatments To what extent is heteroge H 2 4 0 4 4 0 3 3 C F NH 2 4 0 4 4 C F 3 3 VERSE 2 11 11 0 brPage 2br Dirge Michael Hedges C F 2 11 11 0 C F CHORUS 2 0 0 7 7 4 0 3 3 3 3 C F 2 0 2 0 0 7 7 4 0 3 3 VERSE C F BRIDGE Thumb PM 4 4 CSE481M: Home Networking Capstone. March 30. th. , 2011. Home networks are a success. Source: Home Networking Market Data, ABI Research, Nov 2010. Broadband penetration (US). Revenue for networked devices (worldwide). . based. . on. . Connectives. FSTA 2012. Pliant. . system. (. negation. ) . Pliant. . system. (. t-norm. , . t-conorm. ). Pliant. . system. Pliant. operator (. uninorm. ). Modalities. . induced. Hedges. . photographs. . From. the . Shelter. Archives. Between . 1968 and 1972 Nick Hedges made a series of photographs for the national housing charity 'Shelter'. Launched in December 1966 (the same month as Ken Loach's influential television drama 'Cathy Come Home') the charity highlighted the plight of people living in poor housing and exploded the myth that only people living on the streets were homeless. The charity produced reports, advertising campaigns and posters to increase public awareness of the housing crisis. Nick Hedges' photographs were central to this campaign. He photographed slum housing in several major cities, including Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford and London. His photographs document the terrible conditions that faced up to three million people at this time in Britain. Many of his photographs feature children and show an . Viva Hammer. KPMG. (202) 412-9798. vhammer@kpmg.com. John Newton. Prudential Financial . John.Newton@prudential.com. May 2011. Notice. ANY TAX ADVICE IN THIS COMMUNICATION IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN BY KPMG TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A CLIENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF (i) AVOIDING PENALTIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON ANY TAXPAYER OR (ii) PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING TO ANOTHER PARTY ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED HEREIN.. Supervisor: Dr. Doug King. Niloofar. . Alavi. Background: Biodiversity and Habitat . H. eterogeneity. Biodiversity:. . T. he . variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part . Dimitris Visvikis. Director. of . Research. National Institute of . Health. and . Medical. . Research. (INSERM), . LaTIM. , UMR 1101. Brest, France. Cancer. Oncology. Gold standard for diagnosis. Meta-analysis (contd.). Rita . Popat. , PhD. Clinical Associate Professor. Dept. of Health Research & Policy (Division of Epidemiology). rpopat@stanford.edu. SYSREV Series. Part 1: Literature Searching, DB Selection, Reference Management. http://www.telescope.org & . www.schools.telescope.org. . John Baruch – Chris . Tallon. – Dan Hedges – Ed Hand. What we are?. What we do?. Why?. Moving to the OU?. John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed Hand. Emma Mead. Methodologist at the . Cochrane Skin . Group, University of Nottingham. Research associate and PhD student, Teesside University. Email: . Emma.Mead@nottingham.ac.uk. Dr . Ben . Carter. Statistics Editor for the Cochrane Skin Group, . . & Nathan Gillespie. Types of Heterogeneity. Terminology depends on research question. Moderation, confounding, . GxE. Systematic differences. Measured or Manifest moderator/confounder. Discrete traits. Keywords: L quality of sycommonly used are those developed byChalmers et al9and Jadad et al10Perhapsmore important than the scale used iswhether a scale has been used at all Onceaquality score has been assigned t