Table 1 Estimates of τ2 from the analysis of the a meta-analysis network for bovine respiratory disease treatments using maximum likelihood estimation
From: A likelihood ratio test for the homogeneity of between-study variance in network meta-analysis
Number of studies (N2A, A2A) | P value under \(\chi _{1}^{2}\) | Monte Carlo P-value | τ2 under H0 | τ2 under Ha (\(\tau _{n}^{2}, \tau _{a}^{2}\)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(66, 40) | 0.028 | 0.052 | 0.3096 | (0.5659, 0.1283) |