Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication Bias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23314734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin B Begg (0000-0003-3772-1795, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Madhuchhanda Mazumdar |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1088 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biometrics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-341X • E-ISSN: 1541-0420 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2533446 |
| PMID | 7786990 |
| OpenAlex | W1964435302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 618 |
| References cited | 1 |
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. The test statistic is a direct statistical analogue of the popular "funnel-graph." The number of component studies in the meta-analysis, the nature of the selection mechanism, the range of variances of the effect size estimates, and the true underlying effect size are all observed to be influential in determining the power of the test. The test is fairly powerful for large meta-analyses with 75 component studies, but has only moderate power for meta-analyses with 25 component studies. However, in many of the configurations in which there is low power, there is also relatively little bias in the summary effect size estimate. Nonetheless, the test must be interpreted with caution in small meta-analyses. In particular, bias cannot be ruled out if the test is not significant. The proposed technique has potential utility as an exploratory tool for meta-analysts, as a formal procedure to complement the funnel-graph.
Complement (music) · Confidence interval · Econometrics · Funnel plot · Meta-analysis · Publication bias · Rank (graph theory) · Sample size determination · Statistic · Statistical hypothesis testing · Statistical power · Statistics · Test statistic · Type I and type II errors · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Meta-analysis and systematic reviews · Reliability and Agreement in Measurement · Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
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