| Physical description |
xiv, 260 pages : illustrations. |
| Series |
Wiley series in probability and statistics. |
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Wiley series in probability and statistics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I Methods 1 -- 1 What can the reader expect from this book? 3 -- 2 Independent measurements with known precision 15 -- 3 Independent measurements with unknown precision 23 -- 4 Comparing treatment to control 31 -- 5 Comparing K treatments 39 -- 6 Evaluating risks 47 -- 7 Comparing risks 51 -- 8 Evaluating Poisson rates 57 -- 9 Comparing Poisson rates 63 -- 10 Goodness-of-fit testing 71 -- 11 Evidence for heterogeneity of effects and transformed effects 77 -- 12 Combining evidence: fixed standardized effects model 85 -- 13 Combining evidence: random standardized effects model 91 -- 14 Meta-regression 95 -- 15 Accounting for publication bias 105 -- Part II Theory 111 -- 16 Calibrating evidence in a test 113 -- 17 Basics of variance stabilizing transformations 125 -- 18 One-sample binomial tests 139 -- 19 Two-sample binomial tests 149 -- 20 Defining evidence in t-statistics 159 -- 21 Two-sample comparisons 175 -- 22 Evidence in the chi-squared statistic 183 -- 23 Evidence in F-tests 195 -- 24 Evidence in Cochran's Q for heterogeneity of effects 209 -- 25 Combining evidence from K studies 221 -- 26 Correcting for publication bias 233 -- 27 Large-sample properties of variance stabilizing transformations 241. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Other author |
Morgenthaler, Stephan.
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Staudte, Robert G.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| Subject |
Meta-analysis.
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Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation.
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Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780470028643 paperback alk paper |
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0470028645 paperback alk paper |
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