Number of simulations available for meta-analysis: Sims 2172 Female mean provided by rma before adjustment: SexFemale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 3.38 2.54 4.21 0.84 3.00 82.55 Male mean provided by rma before adjustment: SexMale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 1.85 1.21 2.49 0.64 1.00 27.85 Non-missing values for the above: SexMale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 2172 2172 2172 2172 2172 2172 Tau^2 and Tau provided by rma before adjustment (no CLs): Tau2 TrueSD2 Tau TrueSD 0.49 0.25 0.53 0.50 Female mean provided by selmodel: SexFemale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 3.13 2.17 4.09 0.96 3.00 86.08 Male mean provided by selmodel: SexMale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 1.28 0.26 2.26 1.00 1.00 74.08 Non-missing values for the above: SexMale lb ub CLpm TrueMean Coverage 2169 2018 2018 2018 2169 2018 Tau^2 with CLs provided by confint applied to selmodel-adjusted estimates: estimate ci.lb ci.ub TrueSD2 Coverage 0.37 0.05 2.26 0.25 91.56 Tau with CLs provided by confint applied to selmodel-adjusted estimates: estimate ci.lb ci.ub TrueSD Coverage 0.42 0.09 1.31 0.50 92.72 Number of simulations with non-missing values for the above: estimate ci.lb ci.ub TrueSD Coverage 2169 2169 2169 2169 2169 Tau^2 and Tau with CLs via Tau2 and its SE provided by selmodel: Tau2 Tau2SE Tau2LCL Tau2UCL TrueSD2 Coverage Tau TauLCL TauUCL TrueSD 0.37 0.66 -0.53 1.64 0.25 99.31 0.42 -0.67 1.19 0.50 Non-missing values for the above: Tau2 Tau2SE Tau2LCL Tau2UCL TrueSD2 Coverage Tau TauLCL TauUCL TrueSD 2169 1458 1458 1458 2169 1458 2169 1458 1458 2169 Here's the error messages and warnings: selmodel failed with this: Optimizer (optim) did not achieve convergence (convergence = 1). selmodel failed with this: Optimizer (optim) did not achieve convergence (convergence = 1). selmodel failed with this: Could not refit input model using method='ML'. There were 50 or more warnings (use warnings() to see the first 50) Warning messages: 1: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 2: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 3: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 4: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max'). 5: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 6: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 7: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max'). 8: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 9: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 10: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max'). 11: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 12: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 13: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 14: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 15: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 16: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 17: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 18: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 19: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 20: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 21: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 22: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 23: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 24: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 25: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 26: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 27: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 28: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 29: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 30: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 31: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 32: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max'). 33: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 34: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 35: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 36: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 37: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 38: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 39: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 40: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 41: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 42: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 43: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 44: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 45: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 46: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max'). 47: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 48: Error when trying to invert Hessian. 49: One or more intervals do not contain any observed p-values. 50: One or more 'delta' estimates are (almost) equal to their lower or upper bound. Treat results with caution (or consider adjusting 'delta.min' and/or 'delta.max').