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http://dx.doi.org/10.5351/KJAS.2013.26.5.797

New Method for Combining P-values in Meta-Analysis  

Seon, Jeongyeon (Department of Biostatistics, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Dongjae (Department of Biostatistics, The Catholic University of Korea)
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The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics / v.26, no.5, 2013 , pp. 797-806 More about this Journal
Abstract
Meta-analysis is used in variety of areas to synthesize the results of previous studies. Among the methods for Meta-analysis, combining p-values is the simplest method; in addition Tippett (1931), Fisher (1932), Stuoffer at al. (1949), proposed various methods to combine p-values. We propose a new method to combine p-values based on exponential distribution. A Monte Carlo simulation study compares the power of the proposed methods with previous methods.
Keywords
Meta-analysis; combining p-values; multiple comparisons;
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