Overcoming challenges in prevalence meta-analysis: the case for the Freeman-Tukey transform
The results suggest that the Freeman-Tukey transform is to be preferred over the logit transformation in the meta-analysis of prevalence.
Authors
- Tawanda Chivese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-6144)
- Suhail A.R. Doi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2630-2125)
- Jazeel Abdulmajeed
Institutions
- University of Washington Tacoma (US)
- Qatar University (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02527-z
- Citations
- 24
- Primary Topic
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 60.49
Funders
- British Society for Research on Ageing
- Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
- Qatar University
- Qatar National Research Fund
- Qatar National Library