2017
Evaluating Public Health Interventions: 7. Let the Subject Matter Choose the Effect Measure: Ratio, Difference, or Something Else Entirely.
Spiegelman D, Khudyakov P, Wang M, Vanderweele TJ. Evaluating Public Health Interventions: 7. Let the Subject Matter Choose the Effect Measure: Ratio, Difference, or Something Else Entirely. American Journal Of Public Health 2017, 108: 73-76. PMID: 29161073, PMCID: PMC5719681, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.304105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factor distributionRisk ratioLife yearsEffect measuresDisability-adjusted life yearsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioPopulation attributable riskQuality-adjusted life yearsCost-effectiveness ratioPublic health interventionsPublic health evaluationYears of lifeMeasure of effectRisk factorsRelative riskStudy populationRisk differenceHealth interventionsIntervention effectsAbsolute effect measuresHealth evaluationExternal generalizabilityRiskAbsolute measuresPopulation
1999
Evaluation of Old and New Tests of Heterogeneity in Epidemiologic Meta-Analysis
Takkouche B, Cadarso-Suárez C, Spiegelman D. Evaluation of Old and New Tests of Heterogeneity in Epidemiologic Meta-Analysis. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1999, 150: 206-215. PMID: 10412966, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParametric bootstrap versionBootstrap versionLarge simulation studyCorrect type IStatistical powerComputational easeSimulation studyIdentification of heterogeneityHypothesis testQ statisticStudy varianceLow statistical powerNull hypothesisStatisticsPoint of viewBootstrapHomogeneity testVersionPowerDecision criteriaNew testBest choiceKey featuresEffect measuresVariance