CRITERIA Subcommand (META REGRESSION command)

The META REGRESSION command calls the meta-regression procedure. The optional CRITERIA subcommand specifies the general procedure criteria.

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.