Overcoming challenges in prevalence meta-analysis: the case for the Freeman-Tukey transform

Abstract Background Traditional statistical methods assume normally distributed continuous variables, making them unsuitable for analysis of prevalence proportions. To address this problem, two commonly utilized variance-stabilizing transformations (logit and Freeman-Tukey) are empirically evaluated...

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Main Authors: Jazeel Abdulmajeed, Tawanda Chivese, Suhail A. R. Doi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02527-z
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