Hans van houwelingen and the art of summing up

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-94

  Senn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Bivariate model; Inter trial information; Meta analysis; Random effects

Indexed keywords

BIAS; BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE MODELS; INTER-TRIAL INFORMATION; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOM EFFECTS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

BIOSTATISTICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOSTATISTICS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952577480     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200900074     Document Type: Article

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