Output SD or SE?

[btaschler]

Hi,
The fitted object contains a field "Sd". Could you please clarify whether these are standard deviations or rather standard errors of the effect estimate? Thanks!

[kaanokay]

Hi @rondolab ,

I have the same question. Should we should provide standard error of beta or standard deviation of beta? Could you clarify it?

Thanks.
Bw.

[kaanokay]

Hi, The fitted object contains a field "Sd". Could you please clarify whether these are standard deviations or rather standard errors of the effect estimate? Thanks!

Hi @btaschler do you have answer for your question? I have the same question with you. If you know this now, could you share with me?

Thanks!

[btaschler]

Hi @kaanokay,
No, I didn't get a response so far. My best guess is that it should be the standard error (in the sense that "sd" refers to the standard deviation of the mean which would be the standard error), but I'm not 100% certain.
Cheers

[kaanokay]

Hi @btaschler,

Thank you for your quick reply. I'm not sure also. Do you know another approach to test pleiotropy?

Bw.

[marieverbanck]

Hi @btaschler and @kaanokay,
sorry for our late reply, sd stands for the estimated standard error of the causal estimate.
Best,
Marie

[kaanokay]

Hi @marieverbanck,

Thank you for reply.

Bw.

[marynias]

I would change the column name to "se" as "sd" is misleading as it is a standard abbreviation for "standard deviation"....