期刊
RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 553-567出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1423
关键词
effect-size; paired design; sampling; Taylor'slaw; variance; variance cross-over design
资金
- Australian Research Council [DE180101520] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Meta-analyses are often used to estimate the relative average values of a quantitative outcome in two groups (eg, control and experimental groups). However, they may also examine the relative variability (variance) of those groups. For such comparisons, two relatively new effect size statistics, the log-transformed variability ratio (the ratio of two standard deviations; lnVR) and the log-transformed coefficients of variation ratio (the ratio of two coefficients of variation; lnCVR) are useful. In practice, lnCVR may be of most use because a treatment may affect the mean and the variance simultaneously. We propose new estimators for lnCVR and lnVR, including for when the two groups are dependent (eg, cross-over and pre-test-post-test designs). Through simulation, we evaluated the bias of these estimators and make recommendations accordingly. We use the methods to demonstrate that: (a) lifestyle interventions have a heterogenizing effect on gestational weight gain in obese women and (b) low-glycemic index (GI) diets have a homogenizing effect on glycemic control in diabetics. We also find that the degree to which dependence among samples is accounted for can impact parameters such as tau(2)(ie, the between-study variance) andI(2)(ie, the proportion of the total variability due to between-study variance), and even the overall effect, and associated qualitative interpretations. Meta-analytic comparison of the variability between two groups enables us to ask completely new questions and to gain fresh insights from existing datasets. We encourage researchers to take advantage of these convenient new effect size measures for the meta-analysis of variation.
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