Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data
| dc.contributor.author | Minte-Vera, C V | |
| dc.contributor.author | Branch, Trevor A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stewart, I J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dorn, M W | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-15T12:10:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-15T12:10:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-03-15T12:07:00Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Meta-analysis is an important new tool for synthesizing scientific knowledge from many previous studies. In fisheries, meta-analyses can be used to obtain prior distributions or penalty functions for parameters used in stock assessment models. Two types of results are generally published in a meta-analysis: Type A, the updated results for each stock used in the meta-analysis, and Type B, the results that would best describe a new stock. Including these results in assessments for the individual stocks would result in double use of the data if the assessments include the input data used in the meta-analyses, which they typically would. To solve this problem, we recommend that an additional form of results should be reported in meta-analyses: Type C, the results for a new stock obtained by sequentially excluding each stock's data set and repeating the meta-analysis. Type C results should be used whenever the assessment input data overlap with the meta-analysis input data, avoiding the double use of data. We illustrate the impact of this reporting change on the results of a recent meta-analysis. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f04-245 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Minte-Vera, C. V., Branch, T. A., Stewart, I. J., & Dorn, M. W. (2005). Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data. <i>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17820 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Minte-Vera, C V, Trevor A Branch, I J Stewart, and M W Dorn "Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data." <i>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17820 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Minte-Vera, C. V., Branch, T. A., Stewart, I. J., & Dorn, M. W. (2005). Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 62(4), 925-929. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0706-652X | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Minte-Vera, C V AU - Branch, Trevor A AU - Stewart, I J AU - Dorn, M W AB - Meta-analysis is an important new tool for synthesizing scientific knowledge from many previous studies. In fisheries, meta-analyses can be used to obtain prior distributions or penalty functions for parameters used in stock assessment models. Two types of results are generally published in a meta-analysis: Type A, the updated results for each stock used in the meta-analysis, and Type B, the results that would best describe a new stock. Including these results in assessments for the individual stocks would result in double use of the data if the assessments include the input data used in the meta-analyses, which they typically would. To solve this problem, we recommend that an additional form of results should be reported in meta-analyses: Type C, the results for a new stock obtained by sequentially excluding each stock's data set and repeating the meta-analysis. Type C results should be used whenever the assessment input data overlap with the meta-analysis input data, avoiding the double use of data. We illustrate the impact of this reporting change on the results of a recent meta-analysis. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0706-652X T1 - Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data TI - Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17820 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17820 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f04-245#.VvOgGOKrhHw | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Minte-Vera CV, Branch TA, Stewart IJ, Dorn MW. Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17820. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | NRC Research Press | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjfas | |
| dc.subject.other | Practical application | |
| dc.subject.other | Meta-analysis | |
| dc.subject.other | Double use of data | |
| dc.title | Practical application of meta-analysis results: avoiding the double use of data | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | Practical application; Meta-analysis; Double use of data | en_ZA |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |