Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: This article describes the new meta-analysis command metaan, which can be used to perform fixed- or random-effects meta-analysis. Besides the standard DerSimonian and Laird approach, metaan offers a wide choice of available models: maximum likelihood, profile likelihood, restricted maximum likelihood, and a permutation model. The command reports a variety of heterogeneity measures, including Cochran's Q, I2, H2M, and the between-studies variance estimate [Formula: see text]. A forest plot and a graph of the maximum likelihood function can also be generated.
Authors: Evangelos Kontopantelis, David Reeves
Institution: University of Manchester
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2108841537