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Heterogeneity in Meta-Analyses: When Studies Point in Different Directions
I-squared tells you how much of a pooled result rests on studies that genuinely disagree. Here is how to read it before you trust the headline number.

I-squared tells you how much of a pooled result rests on studies that genuinely disagree. Here is how to read it before you trust the headline number.

Three diets each cut about 10% of body weight. Only one produced the biggest liver and blood sugar improvements.

Trial results get compressed into headlines. Here is what gets lost, and how to read the next one.

Before a study reaches a journal, a handful of unpaid experts read it closely. Here is what they can catch, and what they cannot.