statsmodels.stats.meta_analysis._fit_tau_iter_mm¶
- statsmodels.stats.meta_analysis._fit_tau_iter_mm(eff, var_eff, tau2_start=0, atol=1e-05, maxiter=50)[source]¶
iterated method of moment estimate of between random effect variance
This repeatedly estimates tau, updating weights in each iteration see two-step estimators in DerSimonian and Kacker 2007
- Parameters:
- Returns: