What is MetaXL?

MetaXL is an add-in for meta-analysis in Microsoft Excel for Windows. It supports all major meta-analysis methods, plus, uniquely, the inverse variance heterogeneity and quality effects models. Starting with v4. 0, it also implements a powerful, yet easy to use way to do network meta-analysis.

Is comprehensive meta-analysis free?

The free trial installation will install a copy of the program and a PDF copy of the manual. The evaluation is the Professional version of the program. The evaluation runs for 10 days OR 10 trials, whichever comes first.

How do you run a meta-analysis?

Eight steps in conducting a meta-analysis

  1. Step 1: defining the research question.
  2. Step 2: literature search.
  3. Step 3: choice of the effect size measure.
  4. Step 4: choice of the analytical method used.
  5. Step 5: choice of software.
  6. Step 6: coding of effect sizes.
  7. Step 7: analysis.
  8. Step 8: reporting results.

How do you do a meta-analysis in SPSS?

  1. Start up SPSS, open the dataset Else-Quest_et_al_2006.sav, and perform the basic meta-analysis described in Example 1 to create an intermediate file required by R.
  2. Start up R and on the top menu bar click File | Open Document, go to the Meta-Analysis folder, and select the file Pub_Bias_d.R.

What is meta regression analysis?

Meta-regression is defined to be a meta-analysis that uses regression analysis to combine, compare, and synthesize research findings from multiple studies while adjusting for the effects of available covariates on a response variable.

Can we use SPSS for meta-analysis?

SPSS can be used to make a meta-analysis but is not the most appropriate software for this task. There are software created for this specific purpose. I agree with Patrice Rasmussen SAS is best suited for meta-analysis. STATA can be a good alternative to SAS for meta-analysis.

How do I run a meta-analysis in SPSS?

What is meta-regression analysis?