Re: st:meta-analysis

[Arnold Kester <arnold.kester@stat.unimaas.nl>]

cui liwei wrote:
> thanks Tom, but I still want to know if the sample size will affect the 
> results.
> you see, the "meta" doesn't take into account the "n".
>
> input n theta se_theta
> 18 4.37 1.0740
> 18 3.13 1.5602
> 20 3.51 1.8622
> 21 3.34 1.9122
> 18 4.25 .60029
> end
>
> meta theta se_theta
If you're worried whether larger studies have a greater impact on the 
analysis, yes they do. Sample size is accounted for in the s.e.


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Arnold Kester

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