Bayesian hierarchical models combining different study types and adjusting for covariate imbalances: A simulation study to assess model performance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  McCarron, C Elizabeth ^a,b   Pullenayegum, Eleanor M ^a,b   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b   Goeree, Ron ^a,b   Tarride, Jean Eric ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT INFORMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053898262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025635     Document Type: Article

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