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Information Size Calculation

Information Size Calculation is a methodological procedure in meta-analytic research that determines the required sample size needed to detect or reject a specific intervention effect with adequate statistical power, thereby serving as a threshold for monitoring cumulative evidence in Trial Sequential Analysis.

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2017–2026

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Three approaches to the quantitative definition of information<sup>*</sup>

A. N. Kolmogorov · International Journal of Computer Mathematics · 1968 · 2K citations

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Trial Sequential Analysis in systematic reviews with meta-analysis

Jørn Wetterslev, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Christian Gluud · BMC Medical Research Methodology · 2017 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses

Jørn Wetterslev, Kristian Thorlund, Jesper Brok et al. · BMC Medical Research Methodology · 2009 · 964 citations · Full text

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Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive—Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses

Jesper Brok, Kristian Thorlund, Jørn Wetterslev et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2008 · 954 citations · Full text

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A Theory of Program Size Formally Identical to Information Theory

Gregory J. Chaitin · Journal of the ACM · 1975 · 884 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CG
    Christian Gluud

    Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

    4 publications · 4K citations

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  2. JW
    Jørn Wetterslev

    Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    4 publications · 4K citations

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  3. KT
    Kristian Thorlund

    McMaster University, Canada

    3 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. JB
    Jesper Brok

    Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    2 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. AM
    Alberto Martín‐Martín

    Universidad de Granada, Spain

    1 publications · 144 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. Copenhagen University Hospital

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    15.6K citations

  2. Rigshospitalet

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    11.3K citations

  3. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Ioannina

    Ioannina, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    994 citations

  5. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  6. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  7. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    432 citations

  8. Johannes Kepler University of Linz

    Linz, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    674 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  2. Scientometrics

    2 publications · 818 citations

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  3. International Journal of Epidemiology

    2 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. BMC Medical Research Methodology

    2 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. The American Statistician

    1 publications · 92 citations

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