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license: MIT
title: 'MAIVE: Meta Analysis Instrumental Variable Estimator'
version: 0.5.0
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63261-0
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.MAIVE
abstract: Meta-analysis traditionally assigns more weight to studies with lower standard
  errors, assuming higher precision. However, in observational research, precision
  must be estimated and is vulnerable to manipulation, such as p-hacking, to achieve
  statistical significance. This can lead to spurious precision, invalidating inverse-variance
  weighting and bias-correction methods like funnel plots. Common methods for addressing
  publication bias, including selection models, often fail or exacerbate the problem.
  This package introduces an instrumental variable approach to limit bias caused by
  spurious precision in meta-analysis. Methods are described in 'Irsova et al.' (2025)
  <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63261-0>.
authors:
- family-names: Irsova
  given-names: Zuzana
  affiliation: Charles University
- family-names: Bom
  given-names: Pedro R. D.
  affiliation: University of Deusto
- family-names: Havranek
  given-names: Tomas
  affiliation: Charles University
- family-names: Rachinger
  given-names: Heiko
  affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands
- family-names: Cala
  given-names: Petr
  email: cala.p@seznam.cz
  affiliation: Charles University
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: Spurious precision in meta-analysis of observational research
  authors:
  - family-names: Irsova
    given-names: Zuzana
    affiliation: Charles University
  - family-names: Bom
    given-names: Pedro R. D.
    affiliation: University of Deusto
  - family-names: Havranek
    given-names: Tomas
    affiliation: Charles University
  - family-names: Rachinger
    given-names: Heiko
    affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands
  journal: Nature Communications
  year: '2025'
  volume: '16'
  doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63261-0
  url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63261-0
  start: '8454'
repository: https://petrcala.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/PetrCala/MAIVE
commit: 7875325404008a7f94233d7af8ed81fd2f0c467a
url: https://meta-analysis.cz/maive/
date-released: '2026-09-14'
contact:
- family-names: Cala
  given-names: Petr
  email: cala.p@seznam.cz
  affiliation: Charles University