Hierarchical selection models with applications in meta-analysis

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 439, 1997, Pages 926-936

  Silliman, Nancy Paul ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data augmentation; Hierarchical model; Monte Carlo; Selection bias; Weight function

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744433268     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474047     Document Type: Article

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