Meta Analysis: A Guide to Calibrating and Combining Statistical Evidence

By Stephan Morgenthaler, Robert G. Staudte, Elena Kulinskaya

Meta Analysis: A Guide to Calibrating and Combining Statistical Evidence acts as a source of basic methods for scientists wanting to combine evidence from different experiments. The authors aim to promote a deeper understanding of the notion of statistical evidence.

The book is comprised of two parts - The Handbook, and The Theory. The Handbook is a guide for combining and interpreting experimental evidence to solve standard statistical problems. This section allows someone with a rudimentary knowledge in general statistics to apply the methods. The Theory provides the motivation, theory and results of simulation experiments to justify the methodology.

This is a coherent introduction to the statistical concepts required to understand the authors' thesis that evidence in a test statistic can often be calibrated when transformed to the right scale.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470028645
• ISBN13: 9780470028643
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"