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Package Updates

Changes in Version 1.2.1 (2025-03-18)

• Minor update to the documentation

Changes in Version 1.2.0 (2025-03-07)

• Added the metamedian_survival function for meta-analyzing median survival times
• Added the dat.lung data set
• Updated references and documentation

Changes in Version 1.1.1 (2023-12-13)

• Renamed the argument method_cd to cd_method in the metamedian() function
• Updated references

Changes in Version 1.1.0 (2023-09-16)

• Added the skewness test of Shi et al. (2023) to the describe_studies() function
• Added the dat.phq9_raw and dat.phq9 data sets
• Changed the default values for the se_method and sd_method arguments in the metamean() function. They are now set based on the value set for the mean_method argument.
• Renamed the 'wan' option for the mean_method argument to 'hozo/wan/bland'. Similarly, renamed the 'shi_normal' option for the 'sd_method' argument to 'wan/shi_normal'. the metamean() function.
• Expanded the error checking
• Removed Travis CI
• Updates to the documentation

Changes in Version 1.0.0 (2023-02-27)

• Added the metamean() function, which can apply several methods to estimate study-specific means and their standard errors in order to estimate the pooled (difference of) means
• Added the cd() function, which applies the Confidence Distribution method of Ozturk and Balakrishnan (2020) to estimate the pooled median
• Added the metamedian() function, which is a wrapper for the qe(), cd(), and pool.med() functions.
• Added the describe_studies() function for performing descriptive analyses
• Added the dat.age_raw, dat.age, dat.asat_raw, dat.asat, dat.ck_raw, and dat.ck data sets and corresponding example applications in the documentation
• Added unit tests for the metamean(), metamedian(), and describe_studies() functions

Changes in Version 0.1.6 (2022-06-18)

• Fixed an error in Example 2 in the documentation for the qe() function

Changes in Version 0.1.5 (2020-01-27)

• Revised the pool.med() function to allow users to specify the desired coverage probability
• Updated references

Changes in Version 0.1.4 (2019-05-19)

• Fixed an error in the qe() function when calculating the sampling variance for studies reporting means. Consequently, removed the need for the internal qe.group.level() function
• Fixed an error in the qe() function when data provided are of class “integer”
• Made qe.fit() and print.qe.fit() defunct. These functions were moved to the ‘estmeansd’ package.

Changes in Version 0.1.3 (2019-03-08)

• Begun using Git as a version-control system and hosting repository on GitHub (https://github.com/stmcg/metamedian) for the development version of the package
• Fixed an issue with qe() throwing errors
• Added URL and BugReport webpage to the DESCRIPTION file
• Added README.md file
• Removed export of get.scenario(), as we do not anticipate users applying this function

Changes in Version 0.1.2 (2019-02-10)

• Deprecated qe.fit() and print.qe.fit() functions. These functions were moved to the ‘estmeansd’ package. As a result, ‘estmeansd’ was imported.

Changes in Version 0.1.1 (2018-11-23)

• Updated DESCRIPTION file
• Updated references
• Added NEWS.md file to track changes

Changes in Version 0.1.0 (2018-10-06)

• First version released on CRAN

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