The failure of meta-analytic asymptotics for the seemingly efficient estimator of the common risk difference

DOI10.1007/BF02763004MaRDI QIDQ855248zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ronny Kuhnert, Dankmar Böhning

Publication date 4 January 2007

Published in Statistical Papers (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02763004

zbMATH Keywords

risk differenceMantel-Haenszel estimatorbias in conventional estimatorsCochran's estimatorheterogeneity in baseline risk

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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• Estimation of a Common Effect Parameter from Sparse Follow-Up Data
• Some Methods for Strengthening the Common χ 2 Tests
• Tests for Homogeneity of the Risk Difference when Data are Sparse

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