Bayesian nonparametric meta-analysis using Polya tree mixture models

Biometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 825-833

  Branscum, Adam J ^a   Hanson, Timothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Epidemiologic studies; Robustness

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; META-ANALYSIS; MIXTURE MODELING; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; ROBUSTNESS; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SUMMARY STATISTIC;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALCOHOL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; MODEL; POLYA TREAA MIXTURE MODEL; SIMULATION;

EID: 49749114311     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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