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Sparse Data Bias

Sparse Data Bias is a methodological artifact in meta-analysis arising when limited event counts across studies lead to distorted effect size estimates and inflated Type I error rates, particularly in underpowered cumulative evidence synthesis.

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2017–2026

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What to add to nothing? Use and avoidance of continuity corrections in meta‐analysis of sparse data

Michael Sweeting, Alex J. Sutton, Paul C. Lambert · Statistics in Medicine · 2004 · 1.7K citations

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Much ado about nothing: a comparison of the performance of meta‐analytical methods with rare events

Jonathan J Deeks, Jesse A. Berlin, A. Russell Localio · Statistics in Medicine · 2006 · 941 citations

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Sparse data bias: a problem hiding in plain sight

Sander Greenland, Mohammad Alì Mansournia, Douglas G. Altman · BMJ · 2016 · 877 citations · Full text

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Analysis of matched case-control studies

Neil Pearce · BMJ · 2016 · 794 citations · Full text

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Inference in Generalized Additive Mixed Models by Using Smoothing Splines

Xihong Lin, D. Zhang · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 1999 · 651 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SG
    Sander Greenland

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. MA
    Mohammad Alì Mansournia

    Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

    3 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. BK
    B. K. Spears

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  4. JJ
    Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  5. HC
    Haitao Chu

    University of Minnesota, United States

    2 publications · 135 citations

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Institutions

176

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

    Tehran, Iran

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  5. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  6. Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    404 citations

  7. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    2 h-index

    15 publications

    384 citations

  8. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    285 citations

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  1. Statistics in Medicine

    9 publications · 3K citations

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  2. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 4 publications · 517 citations

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  3. International Journal of Epidemiology

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  4. Technometrics

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  5. Research Synthesis Methods

    2 publications · 240 citations

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