Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Protocol Writing for Meta-Analysis Study -- 3: Formulation of Research Problem -- 4: Location and Selection of Studies -- 5: Quality Assessment of Selected Studies -- 6: Effect Sizes of Primary Studies -- 7: Preparation of Meta-Analysis Master Sheet -- 8: Meta-Analysis Plots -- 9: Meta-Analysis of Two Studies -- 10: Methods for Pooling Estimates: Fixed Effects Model -- 11: Method for Pooling Estimates: Random Effects Model -- 12: Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis -- 13: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies -- 14: Additional Meta-Analysis Techniques -- 15: Reporting Meta-Analysis Results -- 16: Implications of Results of Meta-Analysis -- 17: Meta-Analysis Software -- 18: Running Meta-Analysis Using Stata -- Appendix I: Numerical Demonstration: Meta-Analytical Approach to Estimate Prevalence of Schizophrenia in India -- Index