Resampling tests for meta-analysis of ecological data

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1277-1283

  Adams, Dean C ^a   Gurevitch, Jessica ^a   Rosenberg, Michael S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Meta analysis; Randomization tests; Resampling statistics vs. standard methods; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL DATA; META-ANALYSIS; RESAMPLING;

EID: 0030613897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1277:RTFMAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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