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Unreported standard errors in meta-analysis

A study that would otherwise be eligible is commonly excluded from a meta-analysis when the standard error of its treatment-effect estimator, or the estimate of the variance of the outcomes, is not reported and cannot be recovered from the available information. This is wasteful when the estimate of the treatment effect is reported. We assess the loss of informa tion caused by this practice and explore methods of imputation for the missing variance. The methods are illustrated on two sets of examples, one constructed specifically for illustration and another based on a published systematic review.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Statistics in Transition New Series ; ISSN: 2450-0291 ; Volume: 22 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 1-17 ; New York: Exeley

Subject
empirical Bayes
imputation
meta-analysis
missing value
sensitivity analysis

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Longford, Nicholas T.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Exeley
(where)
New York
(when)
2021

DOI
doi:10.21307/stattrans-2021-035
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  • Longford, Nicholas T.
  • Exeley

Time of origin

  • 2021

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