The variance-stabilizing Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transform was originally proposed for inference on single proportions. Subsequently, its use has been suggested in the context of meta-analysis of proportions. While some erratic behaviour has been observed previously, here we point out and illustrate general issues of monotonicity and invertibility that make this transform unsuitable for meta-analysis purposes.
翻译:自由-突尼西亚-突尼西亚差异稳定变异最初是为单一比例的推断而提出的,后来在比例的元分析中建议使用这一变异。 虽然以前曾观察到过一些不规律的行为,但这里我们指出并说明了使这种变异不适合元分析目的的单调性和可视性等一般问题。