Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Heterogeneous Studies Using Only Summary Statistics: Efficiency and Robustness

DOI10.1080/01621459.2014.899235zbMath1373.62135WikidataQ35857159 ScholiaQ35857159MaRDI QIDQ5367367

Dungang Liu, Regina Y. Liu, Min-ge Xie

Publication date: 13 October 2017

Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4504219

zbMATH Keywords

robustness; generalized estimating equations; confidence distribution; multivariate meta-analysis; combining information; individual participant data; indirect evidence; complex evidence synthesis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62G35: Nonparametric robustness

62G05: Nonparametric estimation

62G15: Nonparametric tolerance and confidence regions

62P99: Applications of statistics

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