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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Jan 31, 2006
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Sufficiency and Stability of Evidence for Public Health Interventions Using Cumulative Meta-Analysis

Paige Muellerleile, PhD and Brian Mullen, PhD

At the time this work was completed, Paige Muellerleile was with the Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Marshfield, Marshfield, and Brian Mullen was with Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.


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FIGURE 1— Cumulative meta-analysis using Mullen’s hypothetical database: average effect for each wave in the database (a), failsafe ratio (b), individual hypothesis tests (c), and cumulative slope (d).

Source. Mullen.2

 

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FIGURE 2— Cumulative meta-analysis using real meta-analytic databases: heart-healthy eating programs56 (a), drug abuse prevention programs57 (b), music therapy programs57 (c), and caregiver burden reduction programs58 (d).

Source. McArthur,55 White et al.,56 Koger et al.,57 Acton et al.58

 





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