Evaluation of underlying risk as a source of heterogeneity in meta-analyses: A simulation study of Bayesian and frequentist implementations of three models

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 38-55

  Dohoo, Ian ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Mixed models; Simulation; Underlying risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347205150     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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