Confidence intervals and P-values for meta-analysis with publication bias

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 475-482

  Henmi, Masayuki ^a   Copas, John B ^a   Eguchi, Shinto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Publication bias; Selection model; Sensitivity analysis; Unpublished studies

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; PUBLISHING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERVAL VALUE; JACKSON; META-ANALYSIS; P-VALUES; PUBLICATION BIAS; SELECTION FUNCTION; SELECTION MODEL; TREATMENT EFFECTS; UNPUBLISHED STUDY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; META-ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34547659859     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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