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FishersMethod

Fishers Method of combining p-values.


Description

FishersMethod implements R.A. Fisher's (1925) method for creating a meta-analytic p-value by combining a set of p-values from tests of the same hypothesis in independent samples. See also Stouffer's method for combining Z scores, which allows weighting.

Usage

FishersMethod(pvalues, ...)

Arguments

pvalues

A vector of p-values, e.g. c(.041, .183)

...

More p-values if you want to offer them up one by one instead of wrapping in a vector for pvalues

Value

  • A meta-analytic p-value

References

  • Fisher, R.A. (1925). Statistical Methods for Research Workers. Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh). ISBN 0-05-002170-2.

  • Fisher, R. A (1948). "Questions and answers #14". The American Statistician. 2: 30–31. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2681650.

  • Stouffer, S. A. and Suchman, E. A. and DeVinney, L. C. and Star, S. A. and Williams, R. M. Jr. (1949) The American Soldier, Vol. 1 - Adjustment during Army Life. Princeton, Princeton University Press.

See Also

Examples

FishersMethod(c(.041, .378))

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Structural Equation Modeling and Twin Modeling in R

v4.10.10
GPL-3
Authors
Timothy C. Bates [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1153-9007>), Gillespie Nathan [wit], Michael Zakharin [wit], Brenton Wiernik [ctb], Joshua N. Pritikin [ctb], Michael C. Neale [ctb], Hermine Maes [ctb]
Initial release
2021-11-30

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