plot_heterogeneity function

Heterogeneity Plot

plot_heterogeneity(x, term = NULL, type = "Q", alpha_thresh = 0.05)

Arguments

• x: Object returned by metagam.

• term: Character specifying which smooth term to plot. Defaults to NULL; if x

  was fitted with a single term, this one is taken.

• type: Character specifying which type of plot. Either "Q" for the test statistic or "p" for the p-value. Defaults to "Q".

• alpha_thresh: Significance level. Defaults to .05.

Returns

A ggplot object.

Details

This plot visualizes the heterogeneity along the given axis, using Cochran's Q test.

Examples

# See the vignette, either at https://lifebrain.github.io/metagam/articles/heterogeneity.html
# or by typing the following in the console:
# vignette("heterogeneity")