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Estimating Common Mean and Heterogeneity Variance in Two Study Case Meta-Analysis
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Author(s)
Andrew L. Rukhin
Abstract
The relative behavior of estimators of the common mean and of the heterogeneity variance in the simplest random effects model of meta-analysis is explored. A simple estimator improving on the DerSimonian-Laird procedure is derived.
Rukhin, A.
(2012),
Estimating Common Mean and Heterogeneity Variance in Two Study Case Meta-Analysis, Statistics & Probability Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910111
(Accessed October 8, 2025)