One of the aims of the meta-analysis of clinical trials is to determine the efficacy of a new type oftreatment. This efficacy is commonly measured by the difference between the efficacy of a standardtreatment and the new treatment. For binary data the difference can be measured by a probabilitydifference. We investigate, by simulations and using box plots, the basic statistical properties of thepoint estimator of the probability difference of overall treatment effects in the meta-analysis based onmulticentre trials for various chosen situations. This estimator was suggested in Dokoupilova (2011).
@article{134,
title = {A point estimator of the probability difference of overall treatment effect - simulation study},
journal = {Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications},
volume = {49},
year = {2011},
doi = {10.2478/tatra.v50i3.134},
language = {EN},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/134}
}
Krajíčková, Pavla. A point estimator of the probability difference of overall treatment effect - simulation study. Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications, Tome 49 (2011) . doi : 10.2478/tatra.v50i3.134. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/134/