Re: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

At 17:03 03/08/2012, cpanderson wrote: Wolfgang, Thanks for your quick response. You are correct- indeed I had inadvertently left out that i had set intercept = FALSE in rma. Dear Christopher, It does help if you paste in the exact code you used, see also below Following your suggestions,

Re: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of cpanderson [christopher.p.ander...@healthpartners.com] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 6:03 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

Re: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

: Friday, August 03, 2012 00:43 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions Hello metafor users, I'm using metafor to perform a single-effect summary estimate of the raw proportion of patients experiencing a post-operative complication

Re: [R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

Wolfgang, Thanks for your quick response. You are correct- indeed I had inadvertently left out that i had set intercept = FALSE in rma. Following your suggestions, I get the following results: Test of Moderators (coefficient(s) 2,3): QM(df = 2) = 0.2207, p-val = 0.8955 Model Results:

[R] metafor- interpretation of moderators test for raw proportions

Hello metafor users, I'm using metafor to perform a single-effect summary estimate of the raw proportion of patients experiencing a post-operative complication, and I'm interested in seeing if this proportion differs between the three most commonly used surgical techniques. The software is