Detecting publication bias in random effects meta-analysis: An empirical comparison of statistical methods

Publication bias is one threat to validity that researchers conducting meta-analysis studies confront. Two primary goals of this research were to examine the degree to which publication bias impacts the results of a random effects meta-analysis and to investigate the performance of five statistical...

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Main Author: Rendina-Gobioff, Gianna
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2006
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2671
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3670&context=etd