Simulation-based estimation of mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis via Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC)

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kwon, Deukwoo ^a   Reis, Isildinha M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC); Meta analysis; Sample mean; Sample standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84938920273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0055-5     Document Type: Article

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