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ERIC Number: EJ1376327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1759-2879
EISSN: EISSN-1759-2887
Comparison and Validation of "Metadta" for Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
Nyaga, Victoria N.; Arbyn, Marc
Research Synthesis Methods, v14 n3 p544-562 May 2023
We developed "metadta," a flexible, robust, and user-friendly statistical procedure that fuses established and innovative statistical methods for meta-analysis, meta-regression, and network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies in Stata. Using data from published meta-analyses, we validate "metadta" by comparing and contrasting its features and output to popular procedures dedicated to the meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies; ("midas" [Stata], "metandi" [Stata], "metaDTA" [web application], "mada" [R], and "MetaDAS" [SAS]). We also demonstrate how to perform network meta-analysis with "metadta," for which no alternative procedure is dedicated to network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy data in the frequentist framework. "metadta" generated consistent estimates in simple and complex diagnostic test accuracy data sets. We expect its availability to stimulate better statistical practice in the evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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