Table 1:
ARE of the methods when applied to estimate the sample means and standard deviations of the 58 primary studies. In each column, the ARE value closest to zero is in bold. The presented ARE values were rounded to two decimal places.
ARE for | ARE for | |||||
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S 1 | S 2 | S 3 | S 1 | S 2 | S 3 | |
Luo/Wan | −0.14 | −0.15 | −0.10 | −0.15 | −0.01 | −0.08 |
QE | −0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | −0.15 | 0.34 | −0.08 |
BC | −0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.25 | 0.06 | 0.11 |