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[R-meta] question on scatter plot of estimates (Fisher's Z) against the standard error

Dear Michael,

I think you are completely right, in the fact, the plot I am producing is
indeed valid for the purpose for which I want to use it, meaning it is
representative of the relationship I want to show. Therefore, I assume that
the plot I am getting, is supposed to be sufficient.

However, I receive from the function metafore:: funnel (model), for a model
without modierators, a very nice representation of the scarring of the
observed outcomes or the estimates (x axis), as a function of the SE (e.i.,
square root of the sampling variance, SE assumef to have a pseudo confidence
interval region drawn around each of its values). While, when I plot by
myself
x = observed outcomes
y = square root of the sampling variance,

Then the plot shows that:
a.  the scattering of the points appears upside down with respect to the
output of the function metafore:: funnel (model),
b. the scale of the y axis, instead of having a defined top at zero and
from there values are represented downwards, the scale is different.


Anyways, I started thinking that in any case, such a difference in the plot
I am doing by myself is not necessarily wrong, but is just a different way
of representing the data. Just the scattering of the points in one  case
looks like the upside down scattering of the other. And I assume this is
because maybe the function metafore::funnel() applies some operation on the
square root of the mean (y axis) that I presume is the calculation of the
aforementioned pseudo confidence interval for each value, but I am not sure.

Thanks a lot for your response.
Kind regards,
Gabriel

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 7:20?PM Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk>
wrote: