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作者:Soofi, ES
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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作者:Stern, HS
作者单位:Iowa State University
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作者:Duval, S; Tweedie, R
作者单位:Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要:Meta-analysis collects and synthesizes results from individual studies to estimate an overall effect size. If published studies are chosen, say through a literature review, then an inherent selection bias may arise, because, for example, studies may tend to be published more readily if they are statistically significant, or deemed to be more interesting in terms of the impact of their outcomes. We develop a simple rank-based data augmentation technique, formalizing the use of funnel plots, to ...
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作者:Higdon, D
作者单位:Duke University
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作者:Ryan, LM
作者单位:Harvard University; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Harvard University; Harvard University Medical Affiliates; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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作者:Wong, WH
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
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作者:Nandram, B; Sedransk, J; Pickle, LW
作者单位:Worcester Polytechnic Institute; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
摘要:This article summarizes our research on estimation of age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) fur white males. Our objectives are more precise and informative displays (than previously available) of geographic variation of the age-specific mortality rates for COPD, and investigation of the relationships between the geographic variation in mortality rates and the corresponding variation in selected covariates. For a given age class, our est...
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作者:Nychka, D
作者单位:National Center Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - USA
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作者:Fan, JQ
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Chinese University of Hong Kong
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作者:Marden, JI
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign