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arXiv 2003.02130stat.ME
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从五数汇总最优估计样本标准差

Optimally estimating the sample standard deviation from the five-number summary

Jiandong Shi, Dehui Luo, Hong Weng, Xian-Tao Zeng, Lu Lin, Haitao Chu, Tiejun Tong

摘要:

在报告临床研究结果时,一些研究者可能会选择五位数汇总(包括样本中位数、第一和第三四分位数、最小值和最大值),而不是样本均值和标准差,尤其是对于偏斜数据。对于这些研究,当纳入荟萃分析时,通常需要将五位数汇总转换回样本均值和标准差。为此,在最近的文献中已经提出了几种方法,并且它们现在越来越多地被使用。在本文中,我们建议进一步推进文献发展顺利加权估计样本标准差,充分利用样本量信息。为了便于实现,我们还推导了最佳权重的近似公式,以及样本标准差的快捷公式。数值结果表明,我们的新估计提供了一个更准确的估计正常的数据,也表现出良好的非正常数据。与Luo等人的最优样本均值估计量一起,我们的新方法极大地改进了现有的数据转换方法,并且它们能够在用五位数摘要报告的研究的荟萃分析中作为“经验法则”。最后,为了实际使用,还提供了一个Excel电子表格和一个在线计算器来实现我们的最优估计。

英文摘要:

When reporting the results of clinical studies, some researchers may choose the five-number summary (including the sample median, the first and third quartiles, and the minimum and maximum values) rather than the sample mean and standard deviation, particularly for skewed data. For these studies, when included in a meta-analysis, it is often desired to convert the five-number summary back to the sample mean and standard deviation. For this purpose, several methods have been proposed in the recent literature and they are increasingly used nowadays. In this paper, we propose to further advance the literature by developing a smoothly weighted estimator for the sample standard deviation that fully utilizes the sample size information. For ease of implementation, we also derive an approximation formula for the optimal weight, as well as a shortcut formula for the sample standard deviation. Numerical results show that our new estimator provides a more accurate estimate for normal data and also performs favorably for non-normal data. Together with the optimal sample mean estimator in Luo et al., our new methods have dramatically improved the existing methods for data transformation, and they are capable to serve as "rules of thumb" in meta-analysis for studies reported with the five-number summary. Finally for practical use, an Excel spreadsheet and an online calculator are also provided for implementing our optimal estimators.

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