The combining of probabilities from separate studies has been discussed frequently in regard to probabilities based on continuous probability distributions. Little has been written, however, regarding the combining of probabilities from discrete distributions, such as probability distributions for nonparametric tests. This paper explains how to combine probabilities when some or all of them are from discrete probability distributions.
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