Parameter summaries

Description

Provides the summary estimtes of the alternative model for bivariate random-effects meta-analysis by Riley et al. (2008) with their corresponding confidence intervals. The model parameters are given as beta1, beta2, psi1, psi2 and rho. Confidence intervals are derived from the inverse Hessian.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'riley'
summary(object, level = 0.95, ...)

Arguments

Details

For diagnostic test accuracy data, beta1 equals the logit sensitivity (Sens) and beta2 equals the logit false positive rate (FPR). The summary sensitivity and FPR are added for completeness.

Value

array with confidence intervals for the estimated model parameters. For diagnostic test accuracy data, the resulting summary sensitivity and false positive rate are included.

Author(s)

Thomas Debray <thomas.debray@gmail.com>

References

Riley RD, Thompson JR, Abrams KR. An alternative model for bivariate random-effects meta-analysis when the within-study correlations are unknown. Biostatistics 2008; 9: 172–186.

See Also

riley plot.riley

Results