Nonparametric classes of weight functions to model publication bias

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 909-918

  Silliman, Nancy Paul ^a   Maryland, ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epsilon contamination class; Meta analysis; Selection bias; Weighted distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000426733     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.4.909     Document Type: Article

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