Table 2.

Cohen’s κ Coefficients for the Agreement Among Seven Publication Bias Tests. Within Each Sub-Table, the Results in the Upper and Lower Triangular Are Based on the Cochrane Meta-Analyses with Non-Binary and Binary Outcomes, Respectively

Based on all Cochrane meta-analyses with at least five studies:
Begg	0.22	0.45	0.30	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.26	T & F	0.35	0.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.45	0.42	Egger	0.48	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.25	0.27	0.41	Tang	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.13	0.21	0.34	0.54	Macaskill	N/A	N/A
0.25	0.28	0.42	0.93	0.52	Deeks	N/A
0.24	0.24	0.38	0.65	0.45	0.64	Peters
Based on the meta-analyses that are the largest in their corresponding Cochrane systematic reviews:
Begg	0.40	0.50	0.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.29	T & F	0.46	0.27	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.46	0.43	Egger	0.47	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.25	0.27	0.43	Tang	N/A	N/A	N/A
0.14	0.21	0.38	0.56	Macaskill	N/A	N/A
0.25	0.27	0.44	0.94	0.54	Deeks	N/A
0.23	0.25	0.43	0.68	0.50	0.67	Peters

Cohen’s κ coefficients ≥ 0.60 are in italics

Begg, the rank test; Egger, Tang, Macaskill, Deeks, and Peters, the regression tests; T & F, the trim-and-fill method; N/A, not applicable