3 papers
stat.AP2026
Edgington's Combination Method for Two-Study Meta-Analysis: An Empirical Evaluation in 1226 Meta-Analyses
Samuel Pawel, Saverio Fontana, Jinyu Chen +6
Two-study meta-analyses are common in evidence synthesis but pose major statistical challenges. With only two studies, the between-study variance cannot be reliably estimated, rend…
stat.ME2026
Extracting Bayesian Evidence from Frequentist p-Values
Frederik Aust, Samuel Pawel, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
The -value and the Bayes factor are measures of evidence that are often considered to be philosophically and mathematically incompatible: The -value quantifies conflict betwe…
stat.ME2025
Combined P-value Functions for Compatible Effect Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Drug Regulation
Samuel Pawel, Małgorzata Roos, Leonhard Held
The two-trials rule in drug regulation requires statistically significant results from two pivotal trials to demonstrate efficacy. However, it is unclear how the effect estimates f…