Publication Bias Assessment SOP
Design the complete publication bias detection and adjustment protocol using visual, statistical, and model-based methods.
When to Use
- After effect sizes are extracted (need precision estimates)
- When assessing GRADE certainty (publication bias domain)
- When deciding whether pooled estimate may be inflated
Input
effect_size_distribution: Summary of extracted effect sizes and their precisionstudy_count: Number of included studies (determines which methods are feasible)
Output
Complete publication bias assessment protocol with method selection justified by study count and data characteristics.