Harbord, Roger M.; Whiting, Penny - In: Stata Journal 9 (2009) 2, pp. 211-229
Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy presents many challenges. Even in the simplest case, when the data are summarized by a 2 × 2 table from each study, a statistically rigorous analysis requires hierarchical (multilevel) models that respect the binomial data structure, such as...