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Used in meta-analysis to display the relationship between effect size and study precision

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Funnel Plot Question

I agree with @abousetta that we need more detail about the studies. On the face of it they fall into two distinct groups. Do you have more information about them which might help to enlighten us (and …
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Minimal requirements for funnel plots?

The conventional answer is about 10 studies. The long answer is that you can do anything you want as long as you are careful in what conclusions you draw from it especially if there is much heterogene …
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Interpretation of (contour-enhanced) funnel plots in meta-analysis

The only one which would cause me to think there might be a problem would be D where the Peters' plot suggests that any missing studies would be in the area of statistical significance (the darker are …
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Publication bias: Egger's Test significant depending on subset. Why doesTrim and Fill not ad...

There is no particular reason to expect all the methods of looking for small study bias to agree. Song and colleagues here compared Egger, Begg, and Duval and Tweedie and showed that they did not alwa …
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