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Table 1 Overview of the MIX program's features
| General | Input options |
|---|---|
| - Program size: 22 Mb (with 20 Mb tutor files) | - Descriptive dichotomous (2 × 2 table data) |
| - Compatibility: Windows, Excel 2000 or later | - Descriptive continuous (n, m sd) |
| - Installation: Standard set-up program | - Comparative (am, se) |
| - Max 100 studies | |
| Numerical output options | |
| - Outcome measures | Data input options |
| ◦ Odds ratio | - Manual |
| ◦ Risk ratio | - Excel and CSV-files |
| ◦ Risk difference | - Effect size and statistic conversions |
| ◦ Mean difference | |
| ◦ Hedges' g, Cohen's D | Graphical output options |
| ◦ Correlation coefficient, Fisher's Z | - Box-and-whiskers plots |
| - | - Z-score histogram |
| - Fixed effect analyses | - Normal-quantile plot |
| ◦ Inverse variance | - Standard & annotated forest plots |
| ◦ Mantel-Haenszel | ◦ Points proportional to study weights |
| ◦ Peto | - Cumulative forest plot |
| - Random effects analyses | - Galbraith plot |
| ◦ Dersimonian-Laird | ◦ Radial axis |
| - Cumulative analyses | - Exclusion sensitivity plot |
| ◦ Ordered by publication date | - L'Abbe plot |
| ◦ Ordered by other variables | - Baujat plot |
| - Individual study data | - Funnel plot |
| ◦ Outcome results | ◦ 1/se, se, P value, N |
| ◦ P-values | - Egger's regression plot |
| ◦ Weights | - Macaskill's regression plot |
| - Trim-and-fill plot | |
| - Heterogeneity | |
| ◦ Cochran's Q | Export options |
| ◦ Higgins' H and I2 | - Output to clipboard |
| - Data set to Excel or CSV | |
| - Publication bias | - Ready-made reports to Excel |
| ◦ Fail-safe N | - Multi-resolution graphs to clipboard |
| ◦ Begg's rank correlation test | |
| ◦ Egger's regression test | Learning items |
| ◦ Macaskill's regression test | - Output tutor |
| ◦ Trim-and-fill test | - Concept tutor |
| - Continuity correction | - Built-in data sets |
| ◦ User-defined value | - Theory guide (Flash) |
| ◦ C~1/n opposite group | - Program guide (Flash) |
