A simple approximation for the distribution of the weighted combination of non-independent or independent probabilities

Chia-Ding Hou

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2005, vol. 73, issue 2, 179-187

Abstract: This paper presents a simple approximation for the distribution of the weighted Fisher's statistic , which is suitable for use when P1,P2,...,Pk are non-independent or independent tail-area probabilities arising from k continuous distributions, and w1,w2,...,wk are constants.

Keywords: Combination; of; significance; tests; Fisher's; method; of; combining; probabilities; Weighted; combination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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