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>.

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Package details

AuthorRobert Emprechtinger [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-9812>), Guido Schwarzer [aut], Ulf Tölch [aut], Günther Schreder [aut], Gerald Gartlehner [aut]
MaintainerRobert Emprechtinger <emprechtinger@stateofhealth.at>
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
Version1.0.0
URL https://github.com/RobertEmprechtinger/metaHelper
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("metaHelper")

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