metaHelper: Transforms Statistical Measures Commonly Used for Meta-Analysis

Helps calculate statistical values commonly used in meta-analysis. It provides several methods to compute different forms of standardized mean differences, as well as other values such as standard errors and standard deviations. The methods used in this package are described in the following references: Altman D G, Bland J M. (2011) <doi:10.1136/bmj.d2090> Borenstein, M., Hedges, L.V., Higgins, J.P.T. and Rothstein, H.R. (2009) <doi:10.1002/9780470743386.ch4> Chinn S. (2000) <doi:10.1002/1097-0258(20001130)19:22%3C3127::aid-sim784%3E3.0.co;2-m> Cochrane Handbook (2011) <https://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/front_page.htm> Cooper, H., Hedges, L. V., & Valentine, J. C. (2009) <https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-05060-000> Cohen, J. (1977) <https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-98267-000> Ellis, P.D. (2009) <https://www.psychometrica.de/effect_size.html> Goulet-Pelletier, J.-C., & Cousineau, D. (2018) <doi:10.20982/tqmp.14.4.p242> Hedges, L. V. (1981) <doi:10.2307/1164588> Hedges L. V., Olkin I. (1985) <doi:10.1016/C2009-0-03396-0> Murad M H, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Saadi S, Chu H, Lin L et al. (2023) <doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-073141> Mayer M (2023) <https://search.r-project.org/CRAN/refmans/confintr/html/ci_proportion.html> Stackoverflow (2014) <https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/82720/confidence-interval-around-binomial-estimate-of-0-or-1> Stackoverflow (2018) <https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/338043>.

Version: 1.0.0
Imports: magrittr, stats, confintr
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2024-07-28
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.metaHelper
Author: Robert Emprechtinger ORCID iD [aut, cre], Guido Schwarzer [aut], Ulf Tölch [aut], Günther Schreder [aut], Gerald Gartlehner [aut]
Maintainer: Robert Emprechtinger <emprechtinger at stateofhealth.at>
BugReports: https://github.com/RobertEmprechtinger/metaHelper/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/RobertEmprechtinger/metaHelper
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: metaHelper results

Documentation:

Reference manual: metaHelper.pdf

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Package source: metaHelper_1.0.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: metaHelper_1.0.0.zip, r-release: metaHelper_1.0.0.zip, r-oldrel: metaHelper_1.0.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): metaHelper_1.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): metaHelper_1.0.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): metaHelper_1.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): metaHelper_1.0.0.tgz

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