Generalised interval estimation in the random effects meta regression model

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-179

  Friedrich, Thomas ^a   Knapp, Guido ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalised confidence intervals; Generalised inference; Interval estimation; Latin hypercube sampling; Meta analysis; Meta regression

Indexed keywords

GENERALISED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GENERALISED INFERENCE; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; META ANALYSIS; META REGRESSION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876158053     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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