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| ANSWER TO THE QUIZ |
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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 108 |
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Answer to the Quiz from editorial desk: Visualize and analyze
RajKumar Maurya, Vivek Saxena, BK N Babu
Army Dental Centre (R and R), Delhi, India
| Date of Submission | 30-May-2020 |
| Date of Acceptance | 30-May-2020 |
| Date of Web Publication | 15-Jul-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
RajKumar Maurya
Army Dental Centre (R and R), Delhi Cantt, Delhi - 110 010
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/JODD.JODD_39_20
How to cite this article:
Maurya R, Saxena V, N Babu B K. Answer to the Quiz from editorial desk: Visualize and analyze. J Dent Def Sect. 2020;14:108 |
The image is depicting the schematic representation of “Forest Plot.” Forest plots are graphic displays that are used to illustrate individual and estimated group data from a meta-analysis of multiple studies that answer the same research question.[1],[2][Figure 1]
| Components of Plot | |  |
- The centered solid vertical line “Y” axis = Represents no change between intervention and treatment group
- The horizontal “X” axis at bottom = Represents the gradation of the associated positive or negative effect of studies
- Centered Squares = Point estimate of the result of each study
- The area of each square = Proportional to the weight that the individual study contributed to the meta-analysis
- A horizontal line passing through the square = Represents the confidence interval (CI) i.e., the chance that these results would occur in 95% of cases. The CI of clinical trial results is stated in each study as a measure of reliability (e.g., that the study is repeatable over and over with nearly the same results)
- Diamond = Overall measure of effect, as noted in the meta-analysis, is typically represented in dashed lines, or as a red (or black) diamond. The center of the diamond represents the overall estimate, and the width or lateral points of the diamond indicate overall CIs.
| Interesting Fact | | |
As per the literature, Richard Peto jokingly mentioned that nomenclature of the plot is after the breast cancer researcher Pat Forrest at Breast cancer review meet 1990; hence, the name is called “forrest plot.” However, in reality, since a typical plot appears as a “forest of lines” it is known as “Forest Plot.”[3] The first use of the name “forest plot” was published in 1996 in a review of nursing interventions for pain.[3]
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| References | | |
| 1. | McGill R, Tukey JW, Larsen WA. Variations of box plots. Am Stat 1978;32:12-6.  |
| 2. | Lewis S, Clarke M. Forest plots: Trying to see the wood and the trees. BMJ 2001;322:1479-80. |
| 3. | David LS, Douglas GA, Julia AV, ThomasH, David M. Forest plots in reports of systematic reviews: A cross-sectional study reviewing current practice. Int J Epidemiol 2010;39:421-9. |
[Figure 1]
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