Selection method approaches

Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 145-174

  Hedges, Larry V ^a   Vevea, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined probability model; Effect size model and selection model; Fixed effects selection; General mixed effects model; Maximum likelihood estimator; Newton raphson iterations; Simple random effects model; Sound power analysis; Specifying selection models; Weight function models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889481106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470870168.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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