CRITERIA Subcommand (META ES BINARY command)

The META ES BINARY command calls the meta-analysis procedure for binary outcomes when the pre-calculated effect size data are provided in the active data set. The optional CRITERIA subcommand specifies the general procedure criteria.

SCOPE

The optional keyword controls how the procedure handles missing data. AVAILABLE is the default setting, which includes all cases with sufficient data on the variables used in each particular analysis. LISTWISE includes all cases with sufficient data on all variables used across all analyses specified by the procedure.

CLASSMISSING

The optional keyword controls how user-missing values are treated. EXCLUDE is the default setting, which treats user-missing values as valid values. INCLUDE ignores user-missing value designations and treats user-missing values as valid values.

CILEVEL

The optional keyword specifies the confidence level. The value must be a single numeric value between 0 and 100. The default value is 95.

MAXITER

The optional keyword specifies the maximum number of iterations in the iterative methods. The value must be a single non-negative integer (100 is the default setting). The keyword is available when iterative methods are used. MAXITER = 0 means that no iterations are performed.

MAXSTEP

The optional keyword specifies the maximum step-halving in the iterative methods. The value must be a single non-negative integer (5 is the default setting). The keyword is available when iterative methods are used. MAXSTEP = 0 means that no step-halving is applied.

CONVERGENCE

The optional keyword specifies the convergence tolerance. The value must be a single positive value (1E-6 is the default setting). The keyword is available when iterative methods are used.