ABSTRACT
62The effect sizes measure along with identification particulars for each study has to be presented in the form of a table called meta-analysis master sheet. The important factors influencing the outcome of the studies have to be presented in order to view the clinical heterogeneity between studies. Such characteristics are known as moderators. The studies have to be listed according to chronological order of their publication. A unique number of every study called identification number has to be included in the meta-analysis master sheet.
Sometimes there is correlation between the study characteristics with the effect size. In such cases, these characteristics are called moderators. We precisely specify exactly how each moderator will be coded. Once the master sheet is prepared, the meta-analyst should analyze both the moderators, effect sizes with respect to their characteristic distributions such as the central tendency, degree of scatter, and the shape of the distributions.
