Database Application
The Metapsy risk of bias database application is designed for developers and maintainers of meta-analytic databases (particularly those adhering to the Metapsy data standard).
The Risk of Bias database application can be found at metapsy.org/rob/database-app.
The application allows for two files to be uploaded:
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📄 Risk of Bias Ratings. This is an MS Excel (.xlsx) or .csv file containing risk of bias ratings for one or multiple studies. The file must strictly follow the Metapsy RoB extraction sheet template, but the first five rows should be removed. An example dataset can be found here.
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📄 Metapsy Database (optional). A meta-analytic database formatted according to the Metapsy data standard (.xlsx or .csv).
If both a risk of bias rating and a Metapsy database are uploaded, there should be at least one study that appears in both datasets (in the “study” column). Ensure that study names are written exactly the same way in both datasets. Otherwise, the studies cannot be matched.
Once at least one file is uploaded, the “ Create Ratings” button will be activated. Clicking this button triggers the createRobRatings function internally to generate all domain-specific and overall risk of bias ratings (if applicable).
After the process is completed, a popup window will appear. In this window, you can download the processed risk of bias rating sheet and, if applicable, the Metapsy database with added risk of bias ratings.
If both a risk of bias rating and a Metapsy database were provided, the window will also alert you to studies that could not be matched between the two datasets.