A study on the homogeneity of results in meta-analysis: Underwater exercise†
Doo Hyung Lee1 · Jin Seo Kim2 · Young Seuk Cho3
123Department of Statistics, Pusan National University
Correspondence to: 1Master, Department of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
2Graduate student, Department of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
3Corresponding author: Professor, Department of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea. E-mail: choys@pusan.ac.kr
†This work was supported by a 2-Year Research Grant of Pusan National University. This work was supported by the Phase Four of the Brain Korea 21 Project in 2020.
2Graduate student, Department of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
3Corresponding author: Professor, Department of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea. E-mail: choys@pusan.ac.kr
†This work was supported by a 2-Year Research Grant of Pusan National University. This work was supported by the Phase Four of the Brain Korea 21 Project in 2020.
Received November 6, 2020; Revised December 18, 2020; Accepted December 20, 2020.
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- Abstract
- Meta-analysis is the method of analyzing the results of studies on the same subject as one result through objective and systematic methods. The purpose of this study is to compare the results that have not been done with the consideration of the characteristics of the results in the meta-analysis of underwater exercise. The data used in the analysis were selected by 14 studies and the mean effect size of the weight-loss of the underwater exercise program was examined. The results showed that the mean effect size was -0.3747 (p-value=0.0696) for the meta-analysis method that did not take into account the characteristics of the pre-group, and that the mean effect size was -0.5126 (p-value= 0.0406) for the 11 studies that considered the pre-group characteristics. The results showed that there was a difference in statistical significance.
- Keywords : Effect size, meta-analysis, underwater exercise.
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