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  • Psychology
  • Statistics

Background:

  • Meta-analysis aims to estimate true effect size across studies.
  • Qualitatively different study results (e.g., varying effect directions) can render average effects uninterpretable.
  • A critical first step in meta-analysis should be assessing directional consistency across studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new statistical model for meta-analysis that incorporates ordinal constraints.
  • To address the issue of uninterpretable average effect sizes arising from qualitatively different study results.
  • To provide a method for determining if a single underlying mechanism can explain results across all studies.

Main Methods:

  • A model with ordinal constraints (the "every study" model) is proposed.
  • This model is compared against unconstrained models that allow for effects in opposite directions.
  • The approach utilizes surface statistics (effect size, sample size) common in meta-analysis.

Main Results:

  • If ordinal constraints hold, a single underlying mechanism may explain all study results.
  • Holding ordinal constraints can lead to reduced between-study heterogeneity.
  • This approach makes average effect sizes interpretable, even with initial qualitative differences.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed model comparison approach, using ordinal constraints, improves meta-analysis validity.
  • This method allows for interpretable average effects by ensuring directional consistency.
  • The approach is illustrated with a familiar-word-recognition effect meta-analysis and includes R-code.