I would like to create a forest plot for a study we are conducting, in order to represent data from a logistic regression model with OR and CI for each variable included. However, I'm struggling to do it with Meta-Essentials resources. Is it possible or does it work exclusively for meta-analysis? Thank you.
Hello João Simões. I had never heard of Meta-Essentials, but the website says this about it:
Meta-Essentials is a free tool for meta-analysis. It facilitates the integration and synthesis of effect sizes from different studies. The tool consists of a set of workbooks designed for Microsoft Excel that, based on your input, automatically produces all the required statistics, tables, figures, and more. The workbooks can be downloaded from here. We also provide a user manual to guide you in using the tool (PDF / online) and a text on how to interpret the results of meta-analyses (PDF / online).
Source: https://www.erim.eur.nl/research-support/meta-essentials/
But if I understand your question, you are not doing meta-analysis. Rather, you appear to be estimating a logistic regression model for one sample, and you want to generate a forest plot displaying the OR and CI for each explanatory variable in the model. I.e., I think you want to do something like the first example shown here:
- https://repec.sowi.unibe.ch/stata/coefplot/estimates.html
Have I understood you correctly? If so, what other statistical software do you use (besides Meta-Essentials)? Thanks for clarifying.
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