Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias.
Explore this paper's citation graph
Summary
An adjusted rank correlation test is proposed as a technique for identifying publication bias in a meta-analysis, and its operating characteristics are evaluated via simulations, and the test statistic is a direct statistical analogue of the popular "funnel-graph".
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1994-11-29
- Cited by
- 16,408
- References
- 15
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W1964435302
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:29037068
Keywords
Publication bias, Funnel plot, Statistics, Sample size determination, Meta-analysis
References
- Chlamydia trachomatis and oral contraceptive use: a quantitative review.
- Chlorination, chlorination by-products, and cancer: a meta-analysis.
- An Approach for Assessing Publication Bias Prior to Performing a Meta-Analysis
- Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1984, xiii+191 pp
- Factors influencing publication of research results. Follow-up of applications submitted to two institutional review boards.
- Publication bias and dissemination of clinical research.
- Publication bias : a problem in interpreting medical data
- Passive smoking and lung cancer: a publication bias?
- Selection Models and the File Drawer Problem
- Modeling publication selection effects in meta-analysis
- Publication bias in clinical research.
- Publication bias.
- Does breathing other people's tobacco smoke cause lung cancer?
- A new perspective.
Cited by
- Funnel plots for detecting bias in meta-analysis: guidelines on choice of axis.
- Evidence of pre-procedural statin therapy a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
- Meta-analysis of the predictive value of KRAS mutations in treatment response using cetuximab in colorectal cancer.
- Probiotic safety in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Saccharomyces spp.
- Opioide bei chronischen nicht-tumorbedingten Schmerzen – gibt es Unterschiede?
- Trans-septal suturing technique in septoplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Efficacy of Dietary Treatment for Inducing Disease Remission in Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
- GST polymorphisms are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma risk in Chinese population.
- Inflation of type I error rate in two statistical tests for the detection of publication bias in meta‐analyses with binary outcomes
- Efficacy and Safety of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
- Meta-analysis of cancer incidence in children born after assisted reproductive technologies
- Meta-Analysis of Visual-Spatial Deficits in Dyslexia
- Effect of folic acid supplementation on risk of cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis.
- Association of the DRD2 gene Taq1A polymorphism and alcoholism: a meta-analysis of case–control studies and evidence of publication bias
- Treatment of functional dyspepsia with serotonin agonists: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Does pain in individuals with multiple sclerosis affect employment? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Genetic variation in CYP17 and endometrial cancer risk
- Comparison of intravitreal bevacizumab with macular photocoagulation for treatment of diabetic macular edema: a systemic review and Meta-analysis.
- Efficacy of glucocorticoids in rodents of severe acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis.
Related papers
- In an empirical evaluation of the funnel plot, researchers could not visually identify publication bias.
- In response
- Meta-Analyses with Binary Outcomes: How Many Studies Need to be Omitted to Detect a Publication Bias?
- The Perils of Misinterpreting and Misusing “Publication Bias” in Meta-analyses: An Education Review on Funnel Plot-Based Methods
- Helicobacter pylori infection and pancreatic cancer risk: A meta-analysis.
- STUDY ON STATA SOFTWARE IN INVESTIGATING PUBLICATION BIAS IN META-ANALYSIS
- Bias in meta-analysis and funnel plot asymmetry
- Investigating and dealing with publication bias in Meta analysis
- Systematic Evaluation and Comparison of Statistical Tests for Publication Bias