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Report on Certain Enteric Fever Inoculation Statistics
- Author: Pearson, K
- Publication data: 1904, British Medical Journal, volume 2, pages 1243-1246 PubMed
- Description: Generally considered to be the first synthesis of results from separate studies, although no formal statistical methods for combining results are presented.
- Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
The Probability Integral Transformation for Testing Goodness of Fit and Combining Independent Tests of Significance
- Author: Pearson, ES
- Publication data: 1938 Biometrika, volume 30, pages 134-148 doi:10.1093/biomet/30.1-2.134
- Description: One of the first published methods for formally combining results from different experiments
- Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
Combining Independent Tests of Significance
- Author: Fisher, RA
- Publication data: 1948, The American Statistician, volume 2, page 30
- Description: One of the first published methods for formally combining results from different experiments
- Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
The combination of estimates from different experiments
- Author: Cochran, WG
- Publication data: 1954, Biometrics, volume 10, page 101-129
- Description: A comprehensive treatment of the various methods for formally combining results from different experiments
- Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
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