An extended ANOVA F-test with applications to the heterogeneity problem in meta-analysis

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-146

  Hartung, Joachim ^a   Makambi, Kepher Henry ^b   Argaç, Dog̃an ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

ANOVA F test; Attained power; Attained significance level; Between group variance; Meta analysis; Random effects model; Risk difference

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANOVA F-TEST; ATTAINED POWER; ATTAINED SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL; BETWEEN-GROUP VARIANCE; GROUP VARIANCES; META-ANALYSIS; POWER; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; RISK DIFFERENCE; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 0040440222     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200105)43:2<135::AID-BIMJ135>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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