Daniel Gallardo-Gómez, Rachel Richardson, Kerry Dwan
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Abstract
This tutorial focuses on standardized mean differences (SMD) as effect measures in meta-analyses. We will explain what they are, when they should be used, how to correctly compute and interpret them, and some of the most common error made within evidence synthesis.