The free Excel-based tool for meta-analysis
Meta-analysis software, especially comprehensive ones, can be costly. Too costly for researchers in developing countries, and in most cases also for students and researchers simply interested in learning more in a practical way. The MIX program combines comprehensiveness with an unparalleled price (it's free!). On top of that, it's incredibly easy to use (we think) and runs in a familiar Excel environment. So why hesitate, simply download it and see for yourself. Learn about meta-analysis while actually performing one with the built-in data sets. Or use the program while teaching 'by the book'. And let's not forget simply entering your own data sets to do a complete meta-analysis and produce a wide variety of Excel-based graphs and tables for articles and presentations.
One caveat: we're still developing and we update regularly. If you want to stay up-to-date, just send us an e-mail and we'll put you on our mailing list. You can also use the mailing list submission form.
Development and downloads
The program development is part of my PhD projects at the Department of Medical Informatics of Kitasato University and the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the UMC Utrecht. The primary development is my responsibility, but the testing and validation could not have been done without Noriaki Ikeda and Harukazu Tsuruta from the Department of Medical Informatics of Kitasato University, Ly-Mee Yu from the Center for Statistics in Medicine in Oxford (UK), and Carl Moons from the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care in Utrecht (NL). We are also grateful to everybody who has been sending us feedback!
The latest version of the program is Version 1.54.
