[R-meta] [External] R-sig-meta-analysis Digest, Vol 33, Issue 16

[Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)]

Interesting -- will take a look.

There is also:

Aloe, A. M. (2015). Inaccuracy of regression results in replacing bivariate correlations. Research Synthesis Methods, 6(1), 21-27.

Best,
Wolfgang

>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of Cort Rudolph
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>16
>
>Hi,
>
>I did a small simulation study on this once. Including even small numbers of
>regression coefficients in a MA model will really bias the estimate.
>https://psyarxiv.com/jacdy/
>
>Cheers,
>Cort.
>
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>    Message: 2
>    Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:36:15 +0000
>    From: "Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)"
>    	<wolfgang.viechtbauer using maastrichtuniversity.nl>
>    To: Yingkai <yykjiyisuipian using gmail.com>,
>    	"r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org"
>    	<r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org>
>    Subject: Re: [R-meta]  standardized betas transformed to correlation
>    	coefficients
>    Message-ID: <4a2254ab2c754542b161b14598ca06cb using UM-MAIL3213.unimaas.nl>
>    Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>    Dear Yingkai,
>
>    I would strongly caution against using this formula. It was empirically
>derived and has no proper statistical grounding. In general, one cannot
>transform a standardized regression coefficient into a correlation
>coefficient (without any further information about how the x and y variables
>of interest correlate with all of the other predictors in the model). The
>one exception is the case where there are are no other predictors in the
>model, in which case the standardized regression coefficient is exactly
>equal to the correlation coefficient (and which illustrates that at least in
>this scenario, the transformation equation would be incorrect as it would
>incorrectly inflate the 'estimated correlation' when the association is
>positive).
>
>    Best,
>    Wolfgang
>
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: R-sig-meta-analysis [mailto:r-sig-meta-analysis-bounces using r-
>project.org] On Behalf Of Yingkai
>    Sent: Friday, 21 February, 2020 7:42
>    To: r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org
>    Subject: [R-meta] standardized betas transformed to correlation
>coefficients
>
>    Dear all,
>
>    I am confused about how to transform standardized betas  to correlation
>    coefficients.
>    Can I used the simple imputation formula proposed by Peterson and Brown
>    (2005) where r = β + 0.05 λ ?  λ is an indicator variable that equals 1
>    when β is nonnegative and 0 when β is negative. Is this correct? or
>    acceptable ?
>
>    best,
>    --
>    Yingkai, Ph.D Candidate
>    Southwest University, ChongQing, CHINA.