Random-effects meta-analysis of correlations: Monte Carlo evaluation of mean estimators

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-254

  Hafdahl, Adam R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; META ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 77950499105     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711009X431914     Document Type: Article

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