Bayesian Meta-Analytic Measure

Abstract

Meta-analysis is a procedure that combines results from studies (or experiments) with a common interest: inferences about an unknown parameter. We present a meta-analytic measure based on a combination of the posterior density functions obtained in each of the studies. Clearly, the point of view is from a Bayesian perspective. The measure preserves both the heterogeneity between and within the studies, and it is assumed that the all of the data from each study are available.