Arcsine‐based transformations for meta‐analysis of proportions: Pros, cons, and alternatives

Abstract Meta‐analyses have been increasingly used to synthesize proportions (eg, disease prevalence) from multiple studies in recent years. Arcsine‐based transformations, especially the Freeman–Tukey double‐arcsine transformation, are popular tools for stabilizing the variance of each study's...

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Main Authors: Lifeng Lin, Chang Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Health Science Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.178