Figure 2

Influence analysis in the antidepressants example. a) Visualised H matrix: The contribution of the direct estimate of one design in the column to a network estimate in the row is shown by the area of the corresponding gray square. The two contrasts of the two three-armed studies with design fluo:paro:sert are marked by ^∗. A design whose direct evidence contributes greatly to the network estimate of some other designs is framed. b) Three exemplary influence functions: The influence of direct evidence of design fluo:venl on the network estimates with designs fluo:venl (dashed line), sert:venl (solid line), and fluo:paro (dashed and dotted line) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (dotted lines) is shown.