Fully Bayesian hierarchical modelling in two stages, with application to meta-analysis

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-572

  Lunn, David ^a   Barrett, Jessica ^a   Sweeting, Michael ^a   Thompson, Simon ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bayesian hierarchical modelling; BUGS; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Random effects meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880281818     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12007     Document Type: Article

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