[R-meta] HKSJ correction

[Ioana Cristea]

Thank you!

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 5:05 PM Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP) <
wolfgang.viechtbauer using maastrichtuniversity.nl> wrote:

> Use it. Always. Essentially every simulation study that has examined this
> method has shown that it performs better than the alternatives (except
> maybe for permutation tests, but those methods essentially perform equally
> well and the former is much quicker). See, for example:
>
> Langan, D., Higgins, J. P. T., Jackson, D., Bowden, J., Veroniki, A. A.,
> Kontopantelis, E., Viechtbauer, W., & Simmonds, M. (2019). A comparison of
> heterogeneity variance estimators in simulated random-effects
> meta-analyses. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(1), 83-98.
>
> One exception: When meta-analyzing dichotomous outcomes with rare events.
> But NOT using the method isn't the solution. One should switch to a
> different modeling approach then (e.g., logistic mixed-effects models).
>
> Best,
> Wolfgang
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: R-sig-meta-analysis [mailto:
> r-sig-meta-analysis-bounces using r-project.org]
> >On Behalf Of Ioana Cristea
> >Sent: Friday, 29 May, 2020 15:20
> >To: r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org
> >Subject: [R-meta] HKSJ correction
> >
> >Dear all
> >I am doing a meta-analysis of continuous data (SMD), number of studies (k)
> >around 75, heterogeneity high (Tau-squared around 0.15). Our interest is
> in
> >fact in a key subgroup analysis (k 50 and 14 for each subgroup)
> >I am using the REML meta-analysis model, is there any scope for also using
> >Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman variance correction? Could you point me to
> some
> >references that discuss this?
> >Thank you
> >Ioana
> >
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> >Ioana-Alina Cristea, Ph.D.
> >Assistant Professor
> >Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
> >University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 11, 27100 Pavia, Italy
> >
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> >METRICS (Meta-research Innovation Center at Stanford)
> >Stanford University, California, USA
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> >
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-- 
Ioana-Alina Cristea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 11, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Research affiliate
METRICS (Meta-research Innovation Center at Stanford)
Stanford University, California, USA
Associate editor Systematic Reviews
<https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/>

ORCid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-7076
Publons: https://publons.com/author/1196647/ioana-alina-cristea#profile
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioana_Cristea
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IoanaA_Cristea

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