Predictive distributions for between-study heterogeneity and simple methods for their application in Bayesian meta-analysis

Numerous meta-analyses in healthcare research combine results from only a small number of studies, for which the variance representing between-study heterogeneity is estimated imprecisely. A Bayesian approach to estimation allows external evidence on the expected magnitude of heterogeneity to be inc...

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Autores principales: Turner, Rebecca M, Jackson, Dan, Wei, Yinghui, Thompson, Simon G, Higgins, Julian P T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25475839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.6381

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25475839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.6381

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