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Lifeng Lin
Researcher at Florida State University
Publications - 91
Citations - 2739
Lifeng Lin is an academic researcher from Florida State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Meta-analysis. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 70 publications receiving 1276 citations. Previous affiliations of Lifeng Lin include University of Minnesota.
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Quantifying publication bias in meta-analysis
Lifeng Lin,Haitao Chu +1 more
TL;DR: A new measure is introduced, the skewness of the standardized deviates, to quantify publication bias, which describes the asymmetry of the collected studies' distribution and is illustrated using simulations and three case studies.
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The trim-and-fill method for publication bias: practical guidelines and recommendations based on a large database of meta-analyses
Linyu Shi,Lifeng Lin +1 more
TL;DR: This article used a worked illustrative example to demonstrate the idea of the trim-and-fill method, and it reviewed three estimators (R0, L0, and Q0) for imputing missing studies, and empirically evaluated its overall performance.
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Performing Arm-Based Network Meta-Analysis in R with the pcnetmeta Package.
TL;DR: An arm-based network meta-analysis method has been proposed, and the R package pcnetmeta provides user-friendly functions for its implementation, which estimates both absolute and relative effects, and can handle binary, continuous, and count outcomes.
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Bias Caused By Sampling Error In Meta-analysis With Small Sample Sizes
TL;DR: It is illustrated that the sampling error may lead to substantial bias in meta-analysis results, and precautions are needed to perform meta-analyses with small sample sizes.
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Empirical Comparison of Publication Bias Tests in Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: Given the relatively low agreement between many publication bias tests, meta-analysts should not rely on a single test and may apply multiple tests with various assumptions.