The failure of meta-analytic asymptotics for the seemingly efficient estimator of the common risk difference

Statistical Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-554

  Kuhnert, Ronny ^a   Böhning, Dankmar ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias in conventional estimator; Cochran's estimator; Heterogeneity in baseline risk; Mantel Haenszel estimator; Risk difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949132121     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02763004     Document Type: Article

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