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Langan, Dean; Higgins, Julian P. T.; Simmonds, Mark – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
Heterogeneity in meta-analysis is most commonly estimated using a moment-based approach described by DerSimonian and Laird. However, this method has been shown to produce biased estimates. Alternative methods to estimate heterogeneity include the restricted maximum likelihood approach and those proposed by Paule and Mandel, Sidik and Jonkman, and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Probability