[R-meta] GLMM issue with metaprop / meta package

[Michael Dewey]

Dear Dirk

Did you try setting verbose = TRUE to get updates on the progress of the 
optimiser? Note that the heavy lifting here is being done by rma.glm() 
in package metafor.

Michael

On 05/04/2024 16:01, Richter Dirk via R-sig-meta-analysis wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I've tried to use the GLMM method with the meta - metaprop command:
> m1 <- metaprop(event, n, studlab=paste(author, pubyear), data=metadata, method = "GLMM")
> 
> However, it prompted the following error:
> Error in runGLMM(list.prop, method.tau = method.tau, method.random.ci = method.random.ci,  :
>    Error in (function (ai, bi, ci, di, n1i, n2i, x1i, x2i, t1i, t2i, xi,  :
>    Cannot fit ML model (set 'verbose=TRUE' to obtain further details).
> 
> The alternative 'Inverse' method runs smoothly.
> Any suggestions or errors on my side?
> Thanks,
> Dirk
> 
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Michael