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5 papers

stat.ME2026

Why the unrestricted weighted least squares should be routinely reported in medical meta-analyses

T. D. Stanley, John P. A. Ioannidis, Maximilian Maier +3

The unrestricted weighted least squares (UWLS) meta-analysis estimator of mean effect is an alternative to the conventional random-effects model (RE). It is a weighted least square…

stat.ME2025

Meta-Analysis with JASP, Part I: Classical Approaches

FrantiÅ¡ek BartoÅ¡, František Bartoš, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers +1

Meta-analyses play a crucial part in empirical science, enabling researchers to synthesize evidence across studies and draw more precise and generalizable conclusions. Despite thei…

stat.ME2025

Z-Curve Plot: A Visual Diagnostic for Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis

FrantiÅ¡ek BartoÅ¡, František Bartoš, Ulrich Schimmack

Publication bias undermines meta-analytic inference, yet visual diagnostics for detecting and understanding model misfit due to publication bias are lacking. We propose the z-plot,…

stat.ME2025

Handling Missingness, Failures, and Non-Convergence in Simulation Studies: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations

Samuel Pawel, František Bartoš, Björn S. Siepe +1

Simulation studies are commonly used in methodological research for the empirical evaluation of data analysis methods. They generate artificial data sets under specified mechanisms…

math.HO2025

Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started: Evidence from 350,757 flips

František Bartoš, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Henrik R. Godmann +47

Many people have flipped coins but few have stopped to ponder the statistical and physical intricacies of the process. We collected coin flips to test the counterintuit…