A comparison of two varying coefficient meta-analysis methods for an average risk difference

作者:Price Robert M Jr*; Bonett Douglas G
来源:Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 2015, 85(12): 2378-2383.
DOI:10.1080/00949655.2014.929132

摘要

Two interval estimation methods for a general linear function of binomial proportions have been proposed. One method [Zou GY, Huang W, Zhang X. A note on confidence interval estimation for a linear function of binomial proportions. Comput Statist Data Anal. 2009;53:1080-1085] combines Wilson interval estimates of individual proportions, and the other method [Price RM, Bonett DG. An improved confidence interval for a linear function of binomial proportions. Comput Statist Data Anal. 2004;45:449-456] uses an adjusted Wald interval. Both methods are appropriate in varying coefficient meta-analysis models where the risk differences are allowed to vary across studies. The two methods were compared in a simulation study under realistic meta-analysis conditions and the adjusted Wald method was found to have the best performance characteristics.

  • 出版日期2015-8-13

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