A note on a Bayesian procedure for meta-analysis of rare data

Authors

  • Miguel A. Negrín Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos e Instituto Universitario TiDES Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias (España)
  • María Martel Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos e Instituto Universitario TiDES Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias (España)
  • Francisco J. Vázquez-Polo Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos e Instituto Universitario TiDES Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2239

Keywords:

Análisis bayesiano, Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern link, meta-análisis, Bayesian analysis, meta-analysis

Abstract

The propose of this paper is to develop a Bayesian procedure that adequately account for studies with zero observations in meta-analysis and then we focus the problem in the context of the Bayesian selection models. Also, attention is focused to the link distribution between effectiveness in each study/center and the meta-effectiveness.

We present an objective Bayesian method where all quantities of interest jointly with a Bayesian test for equality between treatments are also obtained. A couple of examples with is developed in depth using the proposed Bayesian meta-analysis for the binomial model. Basically, we obtain a Bayesian model for meta-analysis for sparse binomial data without considering transformations and/or corrections in variable/parameters. In respect to the examples considered, we do not find a relevant difference between treatments.

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Published

2016-11-04

How to Cite

Negrín, M. A., Martel, M., & Vázquez-Polo, F. J. (2016). A note on a Bayesian procedure for meta-analysis of rare data. Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, 20, Páginas 64 a 76. https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2239

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