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Empirical bayes meta-analysis.
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As interest in quantitative research synthesis grows, investigators increasingly seek to use information about study features—study contexts, designs, treatments, and subjects—to account for variation in study outcomes. To facilitate analysis of diverse study findings, a mixed linear model with fixed and random effects is presented and illustrated with data from teacher expectancy experiments. This strategy enables the analyst to (a) estimate the variance of the effect size parameters by means of maximum likelihood; (b) pose a series of linear models to explain the effect parameter variance; (c) use information about study characteristics to derive improved empirical Bayes estimates of individual study effect sizes; and (d) examine the sensitivity of all substantive inferences to likely errors in the estimation of variance components.
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- Authors
- Raudenbush, S. W., & Bryk, A. S.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Educational Statistics
- Published
- 1985-06
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 75-98
- ISSN
- 0362-9791 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2043466393
- Cited by
- 299
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Educational Statistics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Spencer Foundation
- Harvard University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
- Keywords
- empirical Bayes, meta-analysis, linear mixed models, random effects, effect size heterogeneity, study characteristics, teacher expectations, variance component estimation, sensitivity analysis
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