Analysis of categorical moderators in mixed-effects meta-analysis: Consequences of using pooled versus separate estimates of the residual between-studies variances

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 439-456

  Rubio Aparicio, María ^a   Sánchez Meca, Julio ^a   López López, José Antonio ^b   Botella, Juan ^c   Marín Martínez, Fulgencio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

between studies variance; meta analysis; mixed effects model; subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 85012914591     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bmsp.12092     Document Type: Article

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