[R-meta] confidence interval very large

[Guido Schwarzer]

Am 27.07.22 um 05:39 schrieb Huang:

> Hi folks,
>
> I am using conf_int to calculate the confidence interval but the results
> showed the confidence interval are very large. For example, I have a mean
> estimate 0.1655 with a SE of 0.3014 (df = 1), but the 95% confidence
> interval is [-3.659, 3.990]. Is this correct? [...]

Looks like it is. I get similar values calculating the CI using base R:

0.1655 + c(-1, 1) * 0.3014 * qt(0.975, df = 1)

Best,

Guido