Probabilities from separate studies can be combined by relatively simple procedures if they are all from continuous probability distributions. If some or all of the probabilities are from discrete distributions, however, the combining may involve considerable computation. The FORTRAN program described in this paper is a general-purpose program that combines probabilities when (a) all are from continuous distributions, (b) all are from discrete distributions, or (c) some are from continuous and some from discrete distributions.
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