Jackson, D, Bowden, J and Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425
2015,
'Approximate confidence intervals for
moment-based estimators of the
between-study variance in random
effects meta-analysis'
, Research Synthesis Methods, 6 (4)
, pp. 372-382.
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Abstract
Moment-based estimators of the between-study variance are very popular when performing random effects meta-analyses. This type of estimation has many advantages including computational and conceptual simplicity. Furthermore, by using these estimators in large samples, valid meta-analyses can be performed without the assumption that the treatment effects follow a normal distribution. Recently proposed moment-based confidence intervals for the between-study variance are exact under the randomeffectsmodel but are quite elaborate. Here, we present a much simpler method for calculating approximate confidence intervals of this type. This method uses variance-stabilising transformations as its basis and can be used for a very wide variety of moment-based estimators in both the random effects meta-analysis and metaregression models.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Health and Wellbeing |
Schools: | Schools > Salford Business School Schools Schools > Salford Business School > Salford Business School Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Research Synthesis Methods |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 1759-2879 |
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Funders: | Non funded research |
Depositing User: | Prof Rose Dawn Baker |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2015 17:19 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 17:05 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/36145 |
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