pool.fisher: Fisher Test Meta Analysis

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

This function uses the Fisher test to pool pvalues It sums up the log-transformed p-values obtained from individual studies It follows a chisquare distribution with 2k degrees of freedom under the null hypothesis

Usage

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pool.fisher(pvalues)

Arguments

pvalues

is a list of pvalues

Value

the Fisher pooled p-value as the test statistic

Examples

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pvalues<- c(0.486667826,0.154255057, 0.858419083, 0.486667826 ,0.405013316, 0.316372249, 0.173853520, 0.284391656, 0.370577866, 0.421579844, 0.221750129, 0.962561630, 0.392123661, 0.127102942, 0.896587161, 0.665359191)
pool.fisher(pvalues)

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