fitSystematicErrorModel: Fit a systematic error model

In EmpiricalCalibration: Routines for Performing Empirical Calibration of Observational Study Estimates

Fit a systematic error model

Description

Fit a systematic error model

Usage

fitSystematicErrorModel(
  logRr,
  seLogRr,
  trueLogRr,
  estimateCovarianceMatrix = FALSE,
  legacy = FALSE
)

Arguments

logRr	A numeric vector of effect estimates on the log scale.
seLogRr	The standard error of the log of the effect estimates. Hint: often the standard error = (log(<lower bound 95 percent confidence interval>) - log(<effect estimate>))/qnorm(0.025).
trueLogRr	A vector of the true effect sizes.
estimateCovarianceMatrix	Should a covariance matrix be computed? If so, confidence intervals for the model parameters will be available.
legacy	If true, a legacy error model will be fitted, meaning standard deviation is linear on the log scale. If false, standard deviation is assumed to be simply linear.

Details

Fit a model of the systematic error as a function of true effect size. This model is an extension of the method for fitting the null distribution. The mean and log(standard deviations) of the error distributions are assumed to be linear with respect to the true effect size, and each component is therefore represented by an intercept and a slope.

Value

An object of type systematicErrorModel.

Examples

controls <- simulateControls(n = 50 * 3, mean = 0.25, sd = 0.25, trueLogRr = log(c(1, 2, 4)))
model <- fitSystematicErrorModel(controls$logRr, controls$seLogRr, controls$trueLogRr)
model

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