Sequential Bayesian Data Synthesis for Mediation and Regression Analysis

Wurpts, IC (通讯作者),Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA.
2022-4
Science is an inherently cumulative process, and knowledge on a specific topic is organized through synthesis of findings from related studies. Meta-analysis has been the most common statistical method for synthesizing findings from multiple studies in prevention science and other fields. In recent years, Bayesian statistics have been put forth as another way to synthesize findings and have been praised for providing a natural framework for update existing knowledge with new data. This article presents a Bayesian method for cumulative science and describes a SAS macro %SBDS for synthesizing findings from multiple studies or multiple data sets from a single study using three different methods: meta-analysis using raw data, sequential Bayesian data synthesis, and a single-level analysis on pooled data. Sequential Bayesian data synthesis and Bayesian statistics in general are discussed in an accessible manner, and guidelines are provided on how researchers can use the accompanying SAS macro for synthesizing data from their own studies. Four alcohol use studies were used to demonstrate how to apply the three data synthesis methods using the SAS macro.
PREVENTION SCIENCE
卷号:23|期号:3|页码:378-389
ISSN:1389-4986|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; McGill University
资助信息
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship awarded to Milica Miocevic (European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, grant number 792119). This research was supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R37DA09757).
被引频次(WOS)
3
被引频次(其他)
3
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
4
EISSN
1573-6695
出版年
2022-4
DOI
10.1007/s11121-021-01256-1
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Data synthesis Meta-analysis Bayesian statistics Sequential bayesian data synthesis
资助机构
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship National Institute on Drug Abuse(United States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)European Commission)