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Design-level inconsistency diagnostics for network meta-analysis

Usage

network_design_inconsistency(object)

Arguments

object

A fitted nma_mars object.

Value

A list with a design-level Q decomposition, design-specific homogeneity statistics, detach diagnostics, and a design-by-comparison heat matrix.

Examples

# \donttest{
network_design_inconsistency(nma_fit)
#> $Q_decomp
#>         component          Q df   p_value
#> 1   whole_network 0.06798246  2 0.9665800
#> 2  within_designs 0.02500000  1 0.8743671
#> 3 between_designs 0.04298246  1 0.8357583
#> 
#> $by_design
#>       design n_studies n_effects Q_within df   p_value
#> A + B  A + B         2         2    0.025  1 0.8743671
#> A + C  A + C         1         1    0.000  0        NA
#> B + C  B + C         1         1    0.000  0        NA
#> 
#> $detach
#>   detached_design Q_without_design df   p_value delta_Q_between
#> 1           A + B               NA NA        NA              NA
#> 2           A + C       0.04913050  1 0.8245832      0.01885195
#> 3           B + C       0.05290089  1 0.8180903      0.01508156
#> 
#> $heat_matrix
#>           A vs B     A vs C     B vs C
#> A + B 0.03404894 0.00000000 0.00000000
#> A + C 0.00000000 0.01885195 0.00000000
#> B + C 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.01508156
#> 
# }