Bayesian meta-analysis of correlation coefficients through power prior

DOI10.1080/03610926.2017.1288251zbMATH Open1395.62063arXiv1401.2054OpenAlexW2963802461WikidataQ56928742 ScholiaQ56928742MaRDI QIDQ4606445FDOQ4606445

Authors: Zhi-Yong Zhang, Kaifeng Jiang, Haiyan Liu, In-Sue Oh 

Publication date: 7 March 2018

Published in: Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: To answer the call of introducing more Bayesian techniques to organizational research (e.g., Kruschke, Aguinis, & Joo, 2012; Zyphur & Oswald, 2013), we propose a Bayesian approach for meta-analysis with power prior in this article. The primary purpose of this method is to allow meta-analytic researchers to control the contribution of each individual study to an estimated overall effect size though power prior. This is due to the consideration that not all studies included in a meta-analysis should be viewed as equally reliable, and that by assigning more weights to reliable studies with power prior, researchers may obtain an overall effect size that reflects the population effect size more accurately. We use the relationship between high-performance work systems and financial performance as an example to illustrate how to apply this method to organizational research. We also provide free online software that can be used to conduct Bayesian meta-analysis proposed in this study. Research implications and future directions are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2054

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zbMATH Keywords

power priorcorrelation coefficientBayesian meta-analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20)

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Cited In (1)

• Advances in meta-analysis: a unifying modelling framework with measurement error correction

Uses Software

• BaM
• BayesDA

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