Inference in Meta Analysis and Meta Regression


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Documentation for package ‘metagen’ version 1.0

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bcgVaccineData Example: Setting up the BCG-data set
boxBias Plotting performance: Box plots for bias
boxByConfidence Plotting performance: Box plots for target value confidence-coverage
boxByMethod Plotting performance: Box plots for target value confidence-coverage
boxByType Plotting performance: Box plots for target value confidence-coverage
boxMSE Plotting performance: Box plots for mean squared error
boxSD Plotting performance: Box plots for standard deviation
cbbPalette Colour palettes for colour blind people
cbgPalette Colour palettes for colour blind people
collectAllExperiments Running a computer experiment - Collect all the results
collectExperiments Running a computer experiment - Collect specific results
designB Design: Binomial responses
designD Design: Gaussian responses (unknown heteroscedasticity)
designY Design: Gaussian responses (known heteroscedasticity)
dvec Data generation: Sampling data of clinical trials
experimentD Running a computer experiment
experimentY Running a computer experiment
formulaL Regression coefficients: formulaL
formulaR Regression coefficients: formulaR
hConfidence Inference: Based on methods of moments and maximum likelihood.
hEstimates Point estimates: For the heterogeneity parameter
intervalEstimates Interval estimates: For the regression coefficients
joinPivotalCoefficients Pivotal distributions: Extract pivots for regression coefficients
joinPivotalHeterogeneity Pivotal distributions: Extract pivots for heterogeneity
lenBoxByMethod Plotting performance: Box plot of mean width
lenBoxByType Plotting performance: Box plot of mean width
lenDenByMethod Plotting performance: Density estimate of mean width
lenDenByType Plotting performance: Density estimate of mean width
makeConfInt Interval estimates: Generic function
makeConfInts Interval estimates: Generic function
metagen Inference: Analysis of the data set
metagenEmpty Inference: Empty skeleton
metagenGeneralised Inference: Based on generalised inference principles.
metareg Inference: Based on methods of moments and maximum likelihood.
performance Running a computer experiment
performanceConfH Running a computer experiment: Adding performance measures
performanceConfR Running a computer experiment: Adding performance measures
performancePointH Running a computer experiment: Adding performance measures
performancePointR Running a computer experiment: Adding performance measures
pfunc The p_delta(eta) function.
pivotalStream Steams of pivotal quantities of the regression coefficient
plotCoefficientInterval Plot pivots: Interval estimates of the heterogeneity
plotDensityH Pivotal distributions: Plot pivotal distribution of heterogeneity
plotDensityH2 Pivotal distributions: Plot pivot density of the heterogeneity
plotDensityIntercept Pivotal distributions: Plot pivotal distribution of regression coefficients
plotDensityIntercept2 Pivotal distributions: Plot pivotal distribution of regression coefficients
plotDensitySlope Pivotal distributions: Plot pivotal distribution of regression coefficients
plotDensitySlope2 Pivotal distributions: Plot pivotal distribution of regression coefficients
plotHeterogeneityInterval Plot pivots: Interval estimates of the heterogeneity
plotIntervalEstimates Example: Plotting interval estimates
plotStudyForest Example: Plotting a forest plot of a data frame
plotStudyQfuncPfunc Example: Plotting the q- and p-function from the dissertation
plotStudySizes Example: Plotting study sizes
plotStudyUnbalance Example: Plotting study unbalances in group assignments
qfunc The q_delta(tau) function.
rB Data generation: Log-risk-ration of a binomial-Gaussian model
rBinomGauss Data generation: Sampling data of clinical trials
rD Data generation: Gaussian-Gaussian model
regressionEstimates Point estimates: For the regression coefficients
render Render plot: To PDF
renderSVG Render plot: To SVG
rY Data generation: Gaussian-Gaussian model
sctBias Plotting performance: Scatter plots against heterogeneity
sctMSE Plotting performance: Scatter plots against heterogeneity
sctSD Plotting performance: Scatter plots against heterogeneity
sctVersusC Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heterogeneity
sctVersusH Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heterogeneity
sdmByMethod Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heterogeneity
sdmByType Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heterogeneity
sdsByMethod Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heteroscedasticity
sdsByType Plotting performance: Scatter plot against heteroscedasticity
setupExperiment Running a computer experiment in batch mode
yvec Data generation: Sampling data of clinical trials