[R-meta] Threshold values for Cook's Distances and DFBETAS

[Thölking, Theresa]

Hello everybody,


I am trying to apply the outlier and influence diagnostics as described by Viechtbauer and Cheung (2010) on a meta-analysis I conducted, using a four-level random-effects model with 528 included effect sizes. I have calculated the Cook's Distances and DFBETAS in R, using the functions for model diagnostics for rma.mv objects as described here: https://wviechtb.github.io/metafor/reference/influence.rma.mv.html


However, I don't know how to decide about which studies are influential based on these values. I read the paper by Viechtbauer and Cheung, but I don't quite understand it. Is there some kind of formula to determine the threshold values of CD and DFBETAS for a meta-analytic model with k outcomes? Thanks in advance for your help.


Best,

Theresa

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