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Fisher's method allows to combine a set of p values $p_1,\ldots,p_n$. In order to compute the p value associated with Fisher's method one needs to compute the tail of a chi square distribution with even degrees of freedom. I have seen for instance here: Combining p-values for averaging technical protein quantification replicates in python, see the comment by @whuber, that it is possible to compute this tail as follows: $$ x\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{(-\log x)^k}{k!} $$ where $x=\prod_{k=1}^{n}p_k$. In fact deriving this identity is not very hard, it just entails a few integration by parts. However, I imagine that this is a well known trick, can someone point me to the appropriate article or textbook?

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  • The title of this question requests tail *bounds* while the body seems to focus on explicit expressions. Can you clarify with a small edit? – cardinal Mar 03 '16 at 01:27

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