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Betsy Jane Becker
Researcher at Florida State University
Publications - 92
Citations - 25671
Betsy Jane Becker is an academic researcher from Florida State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Regression analysis & Multivariate statistics. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 91 publications receiving 22092 citations. Previous affiliations of Betsy Jane Becker include University of Chicago & Michigan State University.
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Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology - A proposal for reporting
Donna F. Stroup,Jesse A. Berlin,Sally C. Morton,Ingram Olkin,G. D. Williamson,Drummond Rennie,Drummond Rennie,David Moher,Betsy Jane Becker,Theresa Ann Sipe,Stephen B. Thacker +10 more
TL;DR: A checklist contains specifications for reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology, including background, search strategy, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion should improve the usefulness ofMeta-an analyses for authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and decision makers.
Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
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Physical activity and psychological well-being in advanced age: a meta-analysis of intervention studies.
TL;DR: Physical activity had the strongest effects on self-efficacy, and improvements in cardiovascular status, strength, and functional capacity were linked to well-being improvement overall, and social-cognitive theory is used to explain the effect of physical activity on well- being.
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Synthesizing standardized mean‐change measures
TL;DR: A new approach is presented for the meta-analysis of data from pre-test-post-test designs, based on a ‘standardized mean-change’ measure, computed for each sample within a study, and involves analysis of the standardized mean changes and differences in theStandardized mean changes.
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How meta-analysis increases statistical power.
TL;DR: This article demonstrates that fixed-effects meta-analysis increases statistical power by reducing the standard error of the weighted average effect size (T.) and, in so doing, shrinks the confidence interval around T.