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Lin, Lifeng – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Assessing publication bias is a critical procedure in meta-analyses for rating the synthesized overall evidence. Because statistical tests for publication bias are usually not powerful and only give "P" values that inform either the presence or absence of the bias, examining the asymmetry of funnel plots has been popular to investigate…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Sample Size, Graphs, Bias
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Hong, Sanghyun; Reed, W. Robert – Research Synthesis Methods, 2021
The purpose of this study is to show how Monte Carlo analysis of meta-analytic estimators can be used to select estimators for specific research situations. Our analysis conducts 1620 individual experiments, where each experiment is defined by a unique combination of sample size, effect size, effect size heterogeneity, publication selection…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology, Experiments