A note on combining dependent tests of significance

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 849-855

  Hartung, Joachim ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combining dependent test statistics; Combining p values; Inverse normal method; Multiple endpoints; Non parametric meta analysis

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COMBINING DEPENDENT TEST STATISTIC; COMBINING P-VALUE; INVERSE NORMAL METHOD; META-ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE ENDPOINT; NON-PARAMETRIC META-ANALYSE; NONPARAMETRICS; NORMAL METHODS; P-VALUES; TEST STATISTICS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 0033448847     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199911)41:7<849::AID-BIMJ849>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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