PublicationBias

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Sensitivity Analysis for Publication Bias in Meta-Analyses

Maya Mathur, Mika Braginsky, Tyler J. Vanderweele

Last update: 18 August 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier: 2.3.0, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.4.0

Source code repository: https://github.com/cran/PublicationBias

Description

Performs sensitivity analysis for publication bias in meta-analyses (per Mathur & VanderWeele, 2020 [<doi:10.31219/osf.io/s9dp6>]). These analyses enable statements such as: "For publication bias to shift the observed point estimate to the null, 'significant' results would need to be at least 30-fold more likely to be published than negative or 'nonsignificant' results." Comparable statements can be made regarding shifting to a chosen non-null value or shifting the confidence interval. Provides a worst-case meta-analytic point estimate under maximal publication bias obtained simply by conducting a standard meta-analysis of only the negative and "nonsignificant" studies.

Cites work

• Sensitivity analysis for publication bias in meta-analyses

Cited In (2)

• Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in Meta-Analyses
• Outcome-wide longitudinal designs for causal inference: a new template for empirical studies

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