Hannah,
I imagine that forest plots are not presented in most meta-analytic review articles because they tend to have 30-50 separate analyses (when you include moderator analyses, especially if hierarchical/multiple moderator analysis)-resulting in an equivalent number of forest plots. If you put multiple plots on a single figure (max 4-6 plots per figure in order to be large enough to see individual data points?), it would require 5-12 separate figures to cover all the analyses. Of course, there would not be this perceived constraint for articles with relatively few analyses.
It might also be due to the lack of access to software that generates these plots.
Other thoughts anyone?
Regards,
Bryan
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Subject: [OB-LIST] seeking small meta-analyses that contain the statistics for each study
I am looking for real-life examples of published meta-analyses where the authors have a table or a forest plot of the effect size statistics for each study. Please send me the citations for any studies that present these.
Most meta-analyses in OB do not present this- anyone want to speculate about why this is the case? Health care meta-analyses often do present forest plots with data for each study.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hannah R. Rothstein, Ph.D.
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