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Meta‐analysis inside and outside particle physics: convergence using the path of least resistance?
Author(s) -
Jackson Dan,
Baker Rose
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research synthesis methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.376
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1759-2887
pISSN - 1759-2879
DOI - 10.1002/jrsm.1079
Subject(s) - convergence (economics) , path (computing) , compromise , particle (ecology) , meta analysis , computer science , statistical physics , mathematics , physics , sociology , social science , programming language , medicine , economics , economic growth , oceanography , geology
In this note, we explain how the method proposed by Hartung and Knapp provides a compromise between conventional meta‐analysis methodology and ‘unconstrained averaging’, as used by the Particle Data Group. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.