ruth@utstat.uucp (Ruth Croxford) (10/17/89)
Colloquium - Department of Statistics, University of Toronto Topic: Meta-Analysis: auditing Scientific Projects and Method Speaker: Keith O'Rourke, The Toronto Hospital Corp. Date: Thursday, October 26, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Place: Room 1085, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St George Street Much of the statistical literature on meta-analysis is directed at estimating various moments of observed study treatment effect estimates and the attendant problems regarding this. For instance - mean treatment effect estimates under "p-value" censorship and variance components estimates for quantifying inter-study variation. Viewed as an opportunity to circumscribe and encourage "better methods of science" a different set of statistical tools needs to be developed and disseminated. Linear modeling techniques are adapted i a meta-analysis of nutritional support for cancer patients and presented as a case study in this direction. ------------ Coffee and tea will be served in the DeLury Lounge (SS6006) at 3:30 p.m.