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Direct linkGuido Schwarzer; Gerta Rücker; Cristina Semaca – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
The "LFK" index has been promoted as an improved method to detect bias in meta-analysis. Putatively, its performance does not depend on the number of studies in the meta-analysis. We conducted a simulation study, comparing the "LFK" index test to three standard tests for funnel plot asymmetry in settings with smaller or larger…
Descriptors: Bias, Meta Analysis, Simulation, Evaluation Methods
