Original paper
A basic introduction to fixed-effect and random-effects models for meta-analysis
Abstract
There are two popular statistical models for meta-analysis, the fixed-effect model and the random-effects model. The fact that these two models employ similar sets of formulas to compute statistics, and sometimes yield similar estimates for the various parameters, may lead people to believe that the models are interchangeable. In fact, though, the models represent fundamentally different assumptions about the data. The selection of the...
Paper Details
Title
A basic introduction to fixed-effect and random-effects models for meta-analysis
Published Date
Apr 1, 2010
Journal
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
97 - 111
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