Table 5.
Estimates of the median or common RC θ, with 95% confidence intervals, for the FDG-PET test–retest data from de Langen et al.,10 using various meta-analysis techniques.
| Method | θ̂ (95% CI for θ) |
|---|---|
| Fixed-effects with normal approximation | 0.79 (0.67, 0.92) |
| Fixed-effects with exact likelihood | 1.53 (1.32, 1.74) |
| Random-effects: DerSimonian and Laird | 1.25 (0.67, 1.84) |
| Random-effects: REML | 1.25 (0.68, 1.82) |
| Random-effects: EM algorithm, normal approximation | 1.25 (0.52, 2.03) |
| Random-effects: EM algorithm, exact likelihood | 1.34 (0.52, 1.97) |