[R-meta] The P value of correlation coefficent in meta-analysis

[Pengzhen Huang]

Dear Community,


I submitted a meta-analysis paper months ago and am now dealing with the reviewers' comments. In my research, the Pearson correlation coefficients are considered as effect size and put into the meta-analysis, and we regard the coefficients representing to what extent two variables are correlated with each other.


On this point, one of reviewers argues that "as not all r values are significant, it does not make sense to put these non-significant correlation coefficients into the analysis".


I’m not sure how to reply to this reviewer’s comment. But I guess this may be a common issue in meta-analysis. May I have some advice from you or could you tell me some references I should read through?


I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you can provide!




All the best,
Pengzhen






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