Some general points in estimating heterogeneity variance with the DerSimonian-Laird estimator

DOI10.1093/biostatistics/3.4.445zbMath1138.62348WikidataQ52949944 ScholiaQ52949944MaRDI QIDQ5701158

Dankmar Boehning, Uwe Malzahn

Publication date: 2 November 2005

Published in: Biostatistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/3.4.445

zbMATH Keywords

Meta-analysis; Bias in DerSimonian-Laird estimator; Estimator of heterogeneity variance; Pooled analysis; Population averaged study-specific weights; Study-specific weights

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

62N02: Estimation in survival analysis and censored data

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