Alternative measures of between‐study heterogeneity in meta‐analysis: Reducing the impact of outlying studies

DOI10.1111/biom.12543zbMath1366.62230WikidataQ30828404 ScholiaQ30828404MaRDI QIDQ5347413

Haitao Chu, James S. Hodges, Li-Feng Lin

Publication date: 23 May 2017

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5106349

zbMATH Keywords

outliers; heterogeneity; absolute deviation; meta-analysis; \(I^{2}\) statistic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62J05: Linear regression; mixed models

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

92B15: General biostatistics