They estimated combined effects across centers and used meta-regression analysis to determine how each center's particular characteristics and exposure assessment methods influenced differences in effect estimates among centers.
However, what is clear is that choice of method may not only influence estimates, but can also fundamentally alter conclusions [26].
The method of determining gestational age influences estimates of the preterm birth rate [ 5].
A common problem with outlier-based methods is that outliers can strongly influence estimates of the parameters of the normal data.
The underlying life history may also influence estimates provided by the LD method.
Fourth, comparatively assessing CEAs can help to identify variables and methods that significantly influence the estimated benefits and cost effectiveness of an intervention.
A concern with the current method may be that milk records obtained after conception might influence the estimated shape of the curve before conception.
Non-random recruitment of peers by RDS method could influence the estimates in unknown ways [ 33].
That is, uninformative marker loci will also influence sophisticated methods that estimate FST for a locus by taking into account genome-wide differentiation and locus-specific sample size [ 14], or approaches based on P-values from locus-specific significance tests (e.g., [ 16]).
Methods to estimate the influence of species' traits on lineage diversification have improved with recent advances in the detection of phylogenetic signatures of state-dependent speciation and extinction [ 81].
