umx (version 4.0.0)

FishersMethod: Fishers Method of combining p-values.

Description

FishersMethod implements R.A. Fisher's method for creating a meta-analytic p-value by combining a set of p-values from tests of the same hypothesis in independent samples,

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<U+2013>31. doi:10.2307/2681650. JSTOR 2681650. See also Stouffer's method for combining Z scores, which allows weighting. 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

Other Miscellaneous Stats Helpers: SE_from_p(), oddsratio(), reliability(), umxCov2cor(), umxHetCor(), umxWeightedAIC(), umx_apply(), umx_cor(), umx_means(), umx_r_test(), umx_round(), umx_scale(), umx_var(), umx

Examples

# NOT RUN {
FishersMethod(c(.041, .378))
# }