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MAIVE 0.1.10

Released: 2025-12-02

Internal

• Update outdated cran files

MAIVE 0.1.9

Released: 2025-12-02

Bug Fixes

• Cran submission issues

MAIVE 0.1.8

Released: 2025-11-27

Bug Fixes

• Further issues in the ar calculation
• Ar SE usage

Internal

• Fix outdated tests

MAIVE 0.1.7

Released: 2025-11-27

Internal

• Keep the ar tests more neutral
• Ar calculation - avoid banana projection

MAIVE 0.1.6

Released: 2025-11-26

New Features

• Add automatic news updates

Bug Fixes

• Automatic news release

Documentation

• Update release instructions docs

MAIVE 0.0.4

Initial CRAN submission

• Implemented MAIVE (Meta-Analysis Instrumental Variable Estimator) for addressing spurious precision in meta-analysis
• Core functions:
  • maive(): Main function implementing PET, PEESE, PET-PEESE, and Endogenous Kink (EK) methods
  • waive(): Robust extension with downweighting of spurious precision and outliers
• Features:
  • Instrumental variable approach using inverse sample sizes
  • Multiple weighting schemes (no weights, inverse-variance, MAIVE-adjusted, WAIVE)
  • Study-level correlation handling (fixed effects, clustering, or both)
  • Robust standard errors (CR0, CR1, CR2, wild bootstrap)
  • Anderson-Rubin confidence intervals for weak instruments
  • First-stage specification options (levels or log transformation)
  • Publication bias testing based on instrumented FAT
• Comprehensive test suite with 9 test files
• Documentation with examples and usage guidelines

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.