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Huang, Hening – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Many statistical methods (estimators) are available for estimating the consensus value (or average effect) and heterogeneity variance in interlaboratory studies or meta-analyses. These estimators are all valid because they are developed from or supported by certain statistical principles. However, no estimator can be perfect and must have error or…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Computation, Measurement Techniques, Meta Analysis
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Baker, Rose D.; Jackson, Dan – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
The use of meta-analysis in medicine and epidemiology really took off in the 1970s. However, in high-energy physics, the Particle Data Group has been carrying out meta-analyses of measurements of particle masses and other properties since 1957. Curiously, there has been virtually no interaction between those working inside and outside particle…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Physics, Error of Measurement, Statistical Analysis