[R-meta] Stepwise meta-regression
Dear Hiam Try https://www.stata.com/support/faqs/statistics/stepwise-regression-problems/ I know it comes from a Stata FAQ but it is a convenient summary of some of the sources. For a more recent non-technical summary @article{babyak04, author = {Babyak, M A}, title = {What you see may not be what you get: a brief, nontechnical introduction to overfitting in regression--type models}, journal = {Psychosomatic Medicine}, year = {2004}, volume = {66}, pages = {411--421} } Michael
On 01/06/2019 20:00, Hiam S. Chemaitelly wrote:
Dear Michael, I am sorry for the delayed reply. Many thanks for sharing this very useful resource. It is very informative and insightful. I am looking at how different a priori defined factors affect the prevalence of a sexually transmitted infection in a population. The data are based on a systematic review of studies reporting the prevalence of this infection in the population of interest. I am sorry to trouble you, but can you please clarify what you meant by " You do presumably realise that it leads to models which do not replicate on new datasets and the confidence intervals it gives do not have their usual meaning?" Many thanks for all of your time and support to this end. Best regards, Hiam Hiam Chemaitelly Senior Research Specialist, Epidemiologist Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar Education City, POBox: 24144, Doha, Qatar Phone: + (974) 4492 8443, Fax: + (974) 4492 8422 Email: hsc2001 at qatar-med.cornell.edu -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 6:01 PM To: Hiam S. Chemaitelly <hsc2001 at qatar-med.cornell.edu>; r-sig-meta-analysis at r-project.org Cc: Laith Jamal Abu Raddad <lja2002 at qatar-med.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [R-meta] Stepwise meta-regression Does http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php/tips:model_selection_with_glmulti_and_mumin help? It might help if you had stated what your scientific question is which demands variable subset selection. You do presumably realise that it leads to models which do not replicate on new datasets and the confidence intervals it gives do not have their usual meaning? Michael On 29/05/2019 19:30, Hiam S. Chemaitelly wrote:
Dear R-sig-meta-analysis admin, I hope this email finds you well. I am interested in doing stepwise meta-regression for a small dataset, but I could not find a way to do it. I have been advised to contact this mailing list asking for help with this matter. My question is: is there a way to do stepwise meta-regression with the outcome being prevalence and independent variables including time as well as categorical variables? If not, what could be an alternative option? Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Hiam Hiam Chemaitelly Senior Research Specialist, Epidemiologist Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar Education City, POBox: 24144, Doha, Qatar Phone: + (974) 4492 8443, Fax: + (974) 4492 8422 Email: hsc2001 at qatar-med.cornell.edu Disclaimer: This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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