Hans van Houwelingen and the art of summing up

Senn, S. (2010) Hans van Houwelingen and the art of summing up. Biometrical Journal, 52(1), pp. 85-94. (doi: 10.1002/bimj.200900074)

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Abstract

Some personal remarks about Hans van Houwelingen's approach to biostatistics in general are followed by a discussion of his article with Koos Zwinderman and Theo Stijnen outlining a bivariate approach to meta-analysis. It is concluded that this is more radical than many may realise in that it permits inter-trial information to be recovered. This has some advantages but in theory opens the door to bias. It is concluded that in practice the size of this bias is likely to be small. I end with some further personal remarks to Hans.

Item Type:Articles
Keywords:Bias, bivariate model, inter-trial information, meta-analysis, random effects
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Senn, Professor Stephen
Authors: Senn, S.
Subjects:H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics
Journal Name:Biometrical Journal
ISSN:0323-3847
ISSN (Online):1521-4036
Published Online:05 February 2010

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