Collective wisdom: Methods of confidence interval aggregation

We report the results of a meta-analysis study of the relative accuracies for a range of methods for aggregating confidence interval estimates of unknown quantities. We found that a simple “trim-and-average” method—that is, remove outliers and then average—produced the most accurate estimates. Our r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of business research 2015-08, Vol.68 (8), p.1759-1767
Hauptverfasser:	Lyon, Aidan, Wintle, Bonnie C., Burgman, Mark
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accuracy Business studies Confidence intervals Economic analysis Economic theory Estimating techniques Estimation Forecast Meta-analysis Studies Trim-and-average
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