METASOFT 2.0.1 – Meta-analysis Tool

METASOFT 2.0.1

:: DESCRIPTION

METASOFT is a meta-analysis software tool for genome-wide association studies that provides the following methods

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Fixed Effects model (FE): Fixed effects model based on inverse-variance-weighted effect size.
Random Effects model (RE): Conventional random effects model based on inverse-variance-weighted effect size. Heterogeneity is estimated using DerSimonian-Laird method.
Han and Eskin’s Random Effects model (RE2): Random effects model that increases power under heterogeneity.
Binary Effects model (BE): Random effects model assuming that the effects either exist or not in the studies.

::DEVELOPER

ZarLab

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux / Mac OsX / Windows
  • Java  

:: DOWNLOAD

 METASOFT

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

Buhm Han and Eleazar Eskin,
Random-Effects Model Aimed at Discovering Associations in Meta-Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies”,
The American Journal of Human Genetics (2011) 88, 586-598.

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