On the utility of the dirichlet distribution for meta-analysis of clinical studies

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 289-306

  Sankoh, A J ^a   Al Osh, M ^a   Huque, M F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asymptotic posterior distribution; Beta binomial distribution; Dirichlet distribution; Predictive distribution; Treatment homogeneity

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEARTBURN; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0032984310     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIP-100101178     Document Type: Article

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