Some corrections of the significance level in meta-analysis

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 937-947

  Böckenhoff, Annette ^a   Härtung, Joachim ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined estimator; Meta analysis; Significance level

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; COMBINED ESTIMATORS; META-ANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEST STATISTICS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0041021943     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199812)40:8<937::AID-BIMJ937>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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