Adjusted likelihoods for synthesizing empirical evidence from studies that differ in quality and design: effects of environmental tobacco smoke

DOI10.1214/088342304000000350zbMath1100.62621OpenAlexW2036432246WikidataQ56994659 ScholiaQ56994659MaRDI QIDQ2503941

Robert L. Wolpert, Kerrie L. Mengersen

Publication date: 22 September 2006

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/088342304000000350

zbMATH Keywords

meta-analysisAdjustmentenvironmental tobacco smokenonexchangeable Bayesian hierarchical modelquality of studies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Applications of statistics to environmental and related topics (62P12) Bayesian inference (62F15)

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Uses Software

• Matlab
• WinBUGS

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