{"product_id":"statistical-metaanalysis-with-applications-9780470290897","title":"Statistical MetaAnalysis with Applications","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible introduction to performing meta-analysis across various areas of research\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe practice of meta-analysis allows researchers to obtain findings from various studies and compile them to verify and form one overall conclusion. Statistical Meta-Analysis with Applications presents the necessary statistical methodologies that allow readers to tackle the four main stages of meta-analysis: problem formulation, data collection, data evaluation, and data analysis and interpretation. Combining the authors'' expertise on the topic with a wealth of up-to-date information, this book successfully introduces the essential statistical practices for making thorough and accurate discoveries across a wide array of diverse fields, such as business, public health, biostatistics, and environmental studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo main types of statistical analysis serve as the foundation of the methods and techniques: combining tests of effect size and combining estimates of effect size. Additiona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The strength of this book is certainly the detailed development and presentation of inference for normal fixed and random effects models as applied in meta-analysis and similar studies, such as inter-laboratory studies. A particularly well done part of the book centers on homogeneity testing and on confidence interval estimation of the so-called heterogeneity parameter in the standard random effects model.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2010)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The authors have written a good guide to a broad section of the methods available for statistical meta-analysis.\" (\u003ci\u003eMathematical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"[The authors], active researchers themselves, have done a commendable job in writing this introductory book noted for its clarity and style of presentation and coverage of some totally new topics.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Various Measures of Effect Size.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Effect Size based on Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Effect Size based on Proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Effect Size based on - Coefficient and Odds Ratio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Effect Size based on Correlation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Combining Independent Tests.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Description of Combined Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Methods of Combining Effect Sizes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Inference about a Common Mean of Several Univariate Normal Populations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Results on Common Mean Estimation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Asymptotic Comparison of Some Estimates of Common Mean for k = 2 Populations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Confidence Intervals for the Common Mean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Appendix: Theory of Fisher’s Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Tests of Homogeneity in Meta-Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Model and Test Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 An Exact Test of Homogeneity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. One-Way Random Effects Model.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Homogeneous Error Variances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Heterogeneous Error Variances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Combining Controlled Trials with Normal Outcomes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Difference of Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Standardized Difference of Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Ratio of Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Combining Controlled Trials with Discrete Outcomes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Binary Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Ordinal Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Meta-Regression.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Model with One Covariate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Model with More Than One Covariate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Further Extensions and Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Multivariate Meta-Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Combining Multiple Dependent Variables from a Single Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Modeling Multivariate Effect Sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Bayesian Meta-Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 A General Bayesian Model for Meta-Analysis under Normality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Further Examples of Bayesian Analyses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 A Unified Bayesian Approach to Meta-Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Further Results on Bayesian Meta-Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Publication Bias.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Recovery of Inter-Block Information.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Notations and Test Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 BIBD with Fixed Treatment Effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. Combination of Polls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Formulation of the Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Meta-Analysis of Polls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. Vote Counting Procedures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Computational Aspects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Extracting Summary Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 Combining Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Generalized P-values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.4 Combining Effect Sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. Data Sets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Validity Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Effects of Teacher Expectance on Pupil IQ.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Dentifrice Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.4 Effectiveness of Amlodipine on Work Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.5 Effectiveness of Cisapride on the Treatment of Nonulcer Dyspepsia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.6 Secondhand Smoking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.7 Effectiveness of Misoprostol in Preventing Gastrointestinal Damage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.8 Prevention of Tuberculosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402314031447,"sku":"9780470290897","price":116.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470290897.jpg?v=1730480039","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/statistical-metaanalysis-with-applications-9780470290897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}