Heterogeneity and study size in random-effects meta-analysis

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-16

  Bowater, Russell J ^a   Escarela, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

between study variance; heterogeneity; Mandel Paule algorithm; maximum likelihood; meta analysis; random effects model; study size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870891681     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2012.700448     Document Type: Article

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