Table 3: Estimation methods for meta-analysis.
|
Estimator |
Abbreviation |
Iterative/Non-iterative |
|
Method of Moment Estimator |
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|
DerSimonian and Laird |
DL |
Non-iterative |
|
Hedges and Olkin |
HO |
Non-iterative |
|
Paule and Mandel |
PM |
Iterative |
|
Maximum Likelihood Estimators |
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|
Restricted Maximum Likelihood |
REML |
Iterative |
|
Maximum Likelihood |
ML |
Iterative |
|
Model Error Variance Estimator |
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|
Sidik and Jonkman |
SJ |
Non-iterative |