This month's MHRI-GHUCCTS Monthly Statistical Seminar Series will be held Friday, January 19, 2024, from 12 PM - 1 PM. This series features Dr. Paul Kolm, Associate Director in the Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, & Data Science (CBIDS) at MedStar Health Research Institute.

This month's seminar will discuss methods for combining results from published studies and combining data sets from different sources. The main purpose of meta-analysis is to estimate the effects on outcomes from several studies with small sample size. A major concept to discuss is the difference between fixed and random effects. We will discuss the major issues and problems of meta-analyses as well.