altmeta: Alternative Meta-Analysis Methods
Provides alternative statistical methods for meta-analysis, including:
- bivariate generalized linear mixed models for synthesizing odds ratios, relative risks,
and risk differences
(Chu et al., 2012 <doi:10.1177/0962280210393712>)
- heterogeneity tests and measures and penalization methods that are robust to outliers
(Lin et al., 2017 <doi:10.1111/biom.12543>;
Wang et al., 2022 <doi:10.1002/sim.9261>);
- measures, tests, and visualization tools for publication bias or small-study effects
(Lin and Chu, 2018 <doi:10.1111/biom.12817>;
Lin, 2019 <doi:10.1002/jrsm.1340>;
Lin, 2020 <doi:10.1177/0962280220910172>;
Shi et al., 2020 <doi:10.1002/jrsm.1415>);
- meta-analysis of combining standardized mean differences and odds ratios
(Jing et al., 2023 <doi:10.1080/10543406.2022.2105345>);
- meta-analysis of diagnostic tests for synthesizing sensitivities, specificities, etc.
(Reitsma et al., 2005 <doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.02.022>;
Chu and Cole, 2006 <doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.06.011>);
- meta-analysis methods for synthesizing proportions
(Lin and Chu, 2020 <doi:10.1097/ede.0000000000001232>);
- models for multivariate meta-analysis, measures of inconsistency degrees of freedom
in Bayesian network meta-analysis, and predictive P-score
(Lin and Chu, 2018 <doi:10.1002/jrsm.1293>;
Lin, 2020 <doi:10.1080/10543406.2020.1852247>;
Rosenberger et al., 2021 <doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01397-5>).
| Version: |
4.2 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 3.5.0) |
| Imports: |
rjags (≥ 4-6), coda, graphics, grDevices, lme4, Matrix, metafor (≥ 3.0-2), methods, stats, utils |
| Published: |
2024-09-07 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.altmeta |
| Author: |
Lifeng Lin  [aut,
cre],
Yaqi Jing [ctb],
Kristine J. Rosenberger [ctb],
Linyu Shi [ctb],
Yipeng Wang [ctb],
Haitao Chu [aut] |
| Maintainer: |
Lifeng Lin <lifenglin at arizona.edu> |
| License: |
GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)] |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| SystemRequirements: |
JAGS 4.x.y (http://mcmc-jags.sourceforge.net) |
| In views: |
MetaAnalysis |
| CRAN checks: |
altmeta results |
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