Evaluating Meta-Regression Techniques: A Simulation Study on Heterogeneity in Location and Time

Ali Habibnia and Jonathan Gendron

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Abstract: In this paper, we conduct a simulation study to evaluate conventional meta-regression approaches (study-level random, fixed, and mixed effects) against seven methodology specifications new to meta-regressions that control joint heterogeneity in location and time (including a new one that we introduce). We systematically vary heterogeneity levels to assess statistical power, estimator bias and model robustness for each methodology specification. This assessment focuses on three aspects: performance under joint heterogeneity in location and time, the effectiveness of our proposed settings incorporating location fixed effects and study-level fixed effects with a time trend, as well as guidelines for model selection. The results show that jointly modeling heterogeneity when heterogeneity is in both dimensions improves performance compared to modeling only one type of heterogeneity.

Date: 2025-04
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