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Help Table of Contents

  • Phylogeny Tab
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  • Analysis Options
  • Additional Options
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    Decimal Places

    places used to display these values is automatically determined by the software based on the number of desired replicates.

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    Significance Level

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    By default, significance levels for generating confidence intervals and certain types of tests are - based on a standard value of 5% (α = 0.05). This value can be changed by - choosing Significance Level from the - Options→Output Options menu or - from the toolbar on the - left side of the Output Tab. Valid options are numbers between 0.01 and 1.0). - Note that changing this value will - only affect future output; vales already computed will not be changed. If you change the significance - level to use in the output, MetaWin will attempt to remember this - choice the next time you run the program.

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    This choice also effects a few of the direct figures you can draw, such as - Forest Plots - and Normal Quantile Plots.

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    Font

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    Phylogeny Tab

    Meta-Analysis option becomes available.

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    Analysis Options

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    Significance Level

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    By default, significance levels for generating confidence intervals and certain types of tests are + based on a standard value of 5% (α = 0.05). This value can be changed by + choosing Significance Level from the + Options→Analysis Options menu or + from the toolbar on the + left side of the Output Tab. Valid options are numbers between 0.01 and 1.0). + Note that changing this value will + only affect future output; vales already computed will not be changed. If you change the significance + level to use in the output, MetaWin will attempt to remember this + choice the next time you run the program.

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    This choice also effects a few of the direct figures you can draw, such as + Forest Plots + and Normal Quantile Plots.

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    Confidence Interval Distribution

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    When determining confidence intervals around means using standard distributions (rather than a + boostrap procedure), the traditional approach in meta-analysis has generally been to use a Normal + distribution. In earlier versions of MetaWin, we used Student's t + distribution instead, because we thought it useful to account for the uncertainty in estimation due + to the small number of studies often found in meta-analyses. With this new version, the user can + specify which distribution they wish to use, with the Normal distribution set as default. +

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    To change the distribution, choose the item under the + Options→Analysis Options menu, which will toggle between the two + distributions. The current distribution is indicated by the icon to the left of the menu option + (either a Z or a t), as well as by the text + of the menu item which specifies the distributions being changed both "from" and "to". + MetaWin will attempt to remember this choice the next time you run the + program.

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    The specified distribution is also listed as one of the user-specified parameters at the beginning of + analysis output.

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    Additional Options

    Check for Updates

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution +

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    85 studies will be included in this analysis

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

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    Output

    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use randomization to test model structure: 999 iterations
    → Citation: Adams et al. (1997)

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)

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    Output

    → Fixed Effects Model

    +→ Standard confidence intervals around means based on Normal distribution
    → Use bootstrap for confidence intervals around means: 999 iterations
    → Citations: Adams et al. (1997), Dixon (1993)