[R-meta] Overlapping CIs with significant difference among subgroups

[Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)]

Dear Rafael,

I just noticed an older unanswered question from you.

What you can do is compute a marginal mean. See here for a discussion of this:

http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php/tips:computing_adjusted_effects

Best,
Wolfgang

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rafael Rios Moura [mailto:biorafaelrm using gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, 11 October, 2020 15:58
>To: Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP); r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org
>Subject: Fwd: Overlapping CIs with significant difference among subgroups
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>Dear Dr. Wolfgang,
>
>I implemented your suggestions and obtained some different results. I found
>a difference in the variable field, for example, which represents whether
>the data was collected in a laboratory (no) or in the field (yes).
>Therefore, the source of the data may introduce a noise in the estimation of
>an average effect size. Since the moderator has only two levels, I cannot
>add it among random variables. Or is there a way of including field as a
>random variable (e.g. effectsizeID|field)? I can also add it as a fixed
>predictor. In this situation, how can I estimate the average effect size,
>because the intercept will represent one level of the moderator? I added the
>variable field to my dataset. Thank you in advance.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Rafael.
>_______________________________________________________
>
>Prof. Dr. Rafael Rios Moura
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>UEMG - Unidade Ituiutaba
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