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Interpretation of subgroup analyses: Web Clinic
Join us at 9am BST on 13th October 2022 at our next Methods Support Unit web clinic when we will be joined by Marty Chaplin who will discuss the interpretation of subgroup analyses Click here to register! Dr Marty Chaplin is an Associate Statistician and Research Associate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
The Cochrane Bias Methods Group invites the submission of abstracts for our annual meeting 2022
Bias Methods Group annual meeting 2022/Call for abstracts
Are you involved in any research project that are of interest to the Bias Methods Group? If so, we would like to invite you to submit your work for potential presentation at the annual Bias Methods Group meeting.
QUADAS-C as an optional risk of bias tool for Cochrane Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy addressing comparative questions
QUADAS-C as an optional risk of bias tool for Cochrane Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy addressing comparative questions
Cochrane's Editor-in-Chief endorsed the QUADAS-C risk of bias tool as optional for prospective authors of Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Reviews addressing comparative questions following a recommendation from the Methods Executive and relevant experts from across Cochrane and the diagnostic field. This tool helps DTA review authors to assess the risk of bias in comparative DTA studies, i.e. studies in which two or more index tests are directly compared in terms of their accuracy performance.
What makes a good Discussion section in a Cochrane review?
Methods Support Unit web clinic: what makes a good Discussion section?
On 8th September 2022 Nuala Livingstone talked about what makes a good Discussion section in a Cochrane review.    
Welcoming Ingrid Arévalo Rodriguez as Methods Implementation Editor
Welcoming Ingrid Arévalo-Rodriguez as Methods Implementation Editor
We are pleased to welcome Ingrid Arévalo-Rodriguez to the Cochrane Central Executive Team as Methods Implementation Editor. 
Welcoming Chantelle Garritty and Areti Angeliki Veroniki to the Cochrane Methods Executive
Welcoming Chantelle Garritty and Areti Angeliki Veroniki to the Cochrane Methods Executive
Cochrane Methods is pleased to welcome Chantelle Garritty and Areti Angeliki Veroniki to the Cochrane Methods Executive!
Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group seeks new Convenors, Associate Convenors and early-career researcher interns
Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group seeks new Convenors, Associate Convenors and early-career-researcher interns
Cochrane's Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (QIMG) is looking to increase their capacity to support the launch of the new Cochrane and Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.  They are looking to appoint:
What makes a good discussion section?
Methods Support Unit web clinic: What makes a good discussion section? 8th September 2022
Join us on 8 September 2022 at our next Methods Support Unit web clinic where Nuala Livingstone will talk about what makes a good discussion section. REGISTER HERE
writing up reviews with Network Meta-Analysis
Methods Support Unit web clinic: writing up reviews with Network Meta-Analysis
On 14 July 2022 Kerry Dwan talked about writing up results from a Network Meta-Analysis (NMA).  
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Methods Support Unit web clinic June 2022: Preferred and accepted risk of bias tools for assessing bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
On 9 June 2022 at the Methods Support Unit web clinic  Michelle Hilton-Boon joined us to talk about preferred and accepted risk of bias tools for assessing bias in non-randomised studies of interventions