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  "path": "/t/six-entrenched-misconceptions-about-meta-analysis-models/27973#post_4",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T20:30:57.000Z",
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  "textContent": "In my field systematic reviews and meta-analysis are so poorly done I dont think they have clinical utility. They combine a lot of poorly designed, analyzed studies answering different questions with sloppy methodology in an R or Stata program that gives them a meaningless number. I agree with Professor Harrell that IPD meta-analyses are the only ones of value.",
  "title": "Six Entrenched Misconceptions About Meta-Analysis Models"
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