A comparison of non-iterative and iterative estimators of heterogeneity variance for the standardized mortality ratio

DOI10.1093/biostatistics/5.1.61zbMath1096.62111OpenAlexW2182570383WikidataQ44182900 ScholiaQ44182900MaRDI QIDQ5701298

Sasivimol Rattanasiri, Jesus jun. Sarol, Chukiat Viwatwongkasem, Annibale Biggeri, Dankmar Boehning

Publication date: 2 November 2005

Published in: Biostatistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/5.1.61

zbMATH Keywords

Moment estimatorDerSimonian-Laird estimatorvariance estimatorsPopulation heterogeneityComparative simulation studyIterative and non-iterative estimatorsStandardized mortality ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02)