MIX - introduction

Meta-analysis has become a well-known method for the synthesis of quantitative data from previously conducted research in applied health sciences. The number of software packages that can perform meta-analysis has increased over the years, but their usage has been hampered by the high price and steep learning curve of the more professional programs and the lack of functionality and updates in the less expensive ones.

We set out to create and validate an easy-to-use and comprehensive meta-analysis package that would be simple enough (as far as programming is concerned) to remain available as a free download. The result is MIX, an interactive program that uses Excel as calculation and programming platform. We hope you like it...

Current version

The current version of MIX is 1.7. You can download it and view the version history in the download section of this Web site.

Validity

Since some people doubt that Excel can be used for serious statistical work, we took extra care to assess the validity of meta-analysis results from MIX. The validation was done with two major statistical packages, STATA and CMA, and revealed that all results from these programs can be reproduced with MIX. The validation, along with the official introduction of the program, was published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, a peer-reviewed open-access journal.

Feedback

Because we do not have a professional development team, we depend on users to provide us with feedback and requests for new features, so feel free to . All comments, negative and positive are appreciated. If you would like to see the testimonials of happy users or would like to contribute one yourself, check out the testimonials page.