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A Nonparametric “Trim and Fill” Method of Accounting for Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis
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Meta-analysis collects and synthesizes results from individual studies to estimate an overall effect size. If published studies are chosen, say through a literature review, then an inherent selection bias may arise, because, for example, studies may tend to be published more readily if they are statistically significant, or deemed to be more “interesting” in terms of the impact of their outcomes. We develop a simple rank-based data augmentation technique, formalizing the use of funnel plots, to estimate and adjust for the numbers and outcomes of missing studies. Several nonparametric estimators are proposed for the number of missing studies, and their properties are developed analytically and through simulations. We apply the method to simulated and epidemiological datasets and show that it is both effective and consistent with other criteria in the literature.
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“Publication bias was investigated by applying the trim and fill method, where effect sizes are recalculated to adjust for supposed publication biases (Duval & Tweedie, 2000).”
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“The trim‐and‐fill procedure determined that nine studies should be added to create symmetry.”
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“Like many systematic reviews, our meta‐analyses used the trim‐and‐fill procedure to explore whether publication bias might be affecting the results and to estimate how the reported effects would change if the bias were to be removed (Duval & Tweedie, 2000; Duval, 2005).”
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“When we encountered publication bias, we conducted a trim and fill adjusted analysis 25 to remove the most extreme small studies from the positive side of the funnel plot, and recalculated the effect size iteratively, until the funnel plot was symmetrical around the (new) effect size.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Duval, S., & Tweedie, R.
- Affiliations
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- ORCID
- Duval, Sue
- Venue
- Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 449
- Pages
- 89-98
- ISSN
- 0162-1459 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-274X
- OpenAlex
- W2043565183
- Cited by
- 2,955
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 21.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Statistical Association (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- publication bias, trim and fill, missing studies, funnel plot, nonparametric estimators, selection bias, meta-analysis, effect size estimation
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