{smcl} {* *! version 1.0.0 23Aug2020}{...} {title:Title} {p2colset 5 17 18 2}{...} {p2col:{hi:metapred} {hline 2}} Outlier and influence diagnostics for meta-analysis {p_end} {p2colreset}{...} {marker syntax}{...} {title:Syntax} {p 8 19 2} {cmd:metapred} {newvar} {ifin} [{cmd:,} {it:statistic}] {pstd} Before using {cmd:metapred}, a model must first be estimated using {helpb meta_regress:meta regress} {marker statistic}{...} {synoptset 19 tabbed}{...} {synopthdr:statistic} {synoptline} {syntab:Main} {synopt :{opt rsta:ndard}}Standardized residuals{p_end} {p2coldent:* {opt rstu:dent}}Studentized (jackknifed) residuals{p_end} {p2coldent:* {opt dfi:ts}}DFITS{p_end} {synopt :{opt c:ooksd}}Cook's distance{p_end} {p2coldent:* {opt w:elsch}}Welsch distance{p_end} {p2coldent:* {opt cov:ratio}}COVRATIO{p_end} {p2coldent:* {opth dfb:eta(varname)}}DFBETA for {it:varname}{p_end} {synoptline} {p2colreset}{...} {p 4 6 2}Unstarred statistics are available both in and out of sample; {cmd:type predict ... if e(sample) ...} if wanted only for the estimation sample. Starred statistics are calculated only for the estimation sample, even when {cmd:if} {cmd:e(sample)} is not specified.{p_end} {marker description}{...} {title:Description} {pstd} {opt metapred} extends the currently available post-estimation predictions for {helpb meta_regress:meta regress} to include standardized residuals, studentized residuals, DFITS, Cook's distance, Welsch distance, and covariate ratio (see Viechtbauer and Cheung [2010] for a comprehensive discussion of post-estimation statistics following meta-regression). {pstd} Standardized residuals and studentized residuals produced by {opt metapred} correspond to those produced by the R package METAFOR ({browse "http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php"}). {pstd} DFITS produced by {opt metapred} are identical to those produced by METAFOR when using fixed-effects regression ({opt metapred} currently does not implement the adjustment for random-effects models as suggested in Viechtbauer and Cheung [2010]). {pstd} {opt metapred} computes the Cook's distance statistic, covariate ratio and DFBETA according to the formulas used for post estimation following {helpb regress} (see {mansection R regresspostestimationMethodsandformulas:Methods and formulas}). As such, the resulting estimates are consistent with those produced by "predict" following {helpb regress}, but are not consistent with estimates computed in METAFOR. {pstd} {opt metapred} offers the Welsch distance metric which is not offered in METAFOR. {pstd} See the Stata Manual entry under {mansection R regresspostestimationPredictions:regression post-estimation predictions} for how to interpret these statistics following regression. The interpretation following meta regression is the same. {title:Options} {dlgtab:Main} {phang} {opt rstandard} calculates the standardized residuals. {phang} {opt rstudent} calculates the Studentized (jackknifed) residuals. {phang} {opt dfits} calculates DFITS (Welsch and Kuh 1977) and attempts to summarize the information in the leverage versus residual-squared plot into one statistic. The calculation is automatically restricted to the estimation subsample. {phang} {opt cooksd} calculates the Cook's D influence statistic (Cook 1977). {phang} {opt welsch} calculates Welsch distance (Welsch 1982) and is a variation on {opt dfits}. The calculation is automatically restricted to the estimation subsample. {phang} {opt covratio} covratio calculates COVRATIO (Belsley, Kuh, and Welsch 1980), a measure of the influence of the jth observation based on considering the effect on the variance-covariance matrix of the estimates. The calculation is automatically restricted to the estimation subsample. {phang} {opth dfbeta(varname)} calculates the DFBETA for {it:varname}, the difference between the regression coefficient when the jth observation is included and excluded, said difference being scaled by the estimated standard error of the coefficient. {it:varname} must have been included among the regressors in the previously fitted model. The calculation is automatically restricted to the estimation subsample. {title:Examples} {pstd}Load example data{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "webuse bcgset, clear":. webuse bcgset, clear}{p_end} {pstd}Use {help meta_esize:meta esize} to compute effect sizes for the log risk-ratio using a random effects(REML) model {p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "meta esize npost nnegt nposc nnegc, esize(lnrratio) studylabel(studylbl)": . meta esize npost nnegt nposc nnegc, esize(lnrratio) studylabel(studylbl)}{p_end} {pstd}Use {help meta_regress:meta regress} to estimate the effect of latitute on the effect estimates {p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "meta regress latitude": . meta regress latitude}{p_end} {pstd}Standardized residuals {p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred esta, rstandard":. metapred esta, rstandard}{p_end} {pstd}Studentized residuals {p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred estu, rstudent":. metapred estu, rstudent}{p_end} {pstd}DFITS influence measure{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred dfits, dfits":. metapred dfits, dfits}{p_end} {pstd}Cook's distance{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred cooksd, cooksd":. metapred cooksd, cooksd}{p_end} {pstd}Welsch distance{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred wd, welsch":. metapred wd, welsch}{p_end} {pstd}COVRATIO influence measure{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred covr, covratio":. metapred covr, covratio}{p_end} {pstd}DFBETAs influence measure{p_end} {p 4 8 2}{stata "metapred dfor, dfbeta(latitude)":. metapred dfor, dfbeta(latitude)}{p_end} {title:Acknowledgments} {p 4 4 2} I thank John Moran for advocating that I write this package. {title:References} {p 4 8 2} Belsley, D. A., E. Kuh, and R. E. Welsch. 1980. {it:Regression Diagnostics: Identifying Influential Data and Sources of Collinearity}. New York: Wiley. {p 4 8 2} Cook, R. D. 1977. Detection of influential observations in linear regression. {it:Technometrics} 19: 15-18. {p 4 8 2} Viechtbauer, W. and M. W. L. Cheung. 2010. Outlier and influence diagnostics for meta‐analysis. {it:Research synthesis methods} 1(2): 112-125. {p 4 8 2} Welsch, R. E. 1982. Influence functions and regression diagnostics. In {it:Modern Data Analysis}, ed. R. L. Launer and A. F. Siegel, 149-169. New York: Academic Press. {p 4 8 2} Welsch, R. E., and E. Kuh. 1977. Linear Regression Diagnostics. Technical Report 923-77, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. {marker citation}{title:Citation of {cmd:metapred}} {p 4 8 2}{cmd:metapred} is not an official Stata command. It is a free contribution to the research community, like a paper. Please cite it as such: {p_end} {p 4 8 2} Linden A. (2020). METAPRED: Stata module for computing outlier and influence diagnostics for meta-analysis.{p_end} {title:Authors} {p 4 4 2} Ariel Linden{break} President, Linden Consulting Group, LLC{break} alinden@lindenconsulting.org{break} {title:Also see} {p 4 8 2} Online: {helpb meta}, {helpb meta_regress:meta regress}, {helpb regress_postestimation:regress postestimation}, {helpb metafrag} (if installed) {p_end}