Conducting Meta-Analyses in R with the metafor Package

Wolfgang Viechtbauer

Journal of Statistical Software, 2010, vol. 036, issue i03

Abstract: The metafor package provides functions for conducting meta-analyses in R. The package includes functions for fitting the meta-analytic fixed- and random-effects models and allows for the inclusion of moderators variables (study-level covariates) in these models. Meta-regression analyses with continuous and categorical moderators can be conducted in this way. Functions for the Mantel-Haenszel and Peto's one-step method for meta-analyses of 2 x 2 table data are also available. Finally, the package provides various plot functions (for example, for forest, funnel, and radial plots) and functions for assessing the model fit, for obtaining case diagnostics, and for tests of publication bias.

Date: 2010-08-05
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (471)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/view/v036i03/v36i03.pdf
https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/do ... metafor_1.4-0.tar.gz
https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/do ... ile/v036i03/v36i03.R

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jss:jstsof:v:036:i03

DOI: 10.18637/jss.v036.i03

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Statistical Software is currently edited by Bettina Grün, Edzer Pebesma and Achim Zeileis

More articles in Journal of Statistical Software from Foundation for Open Access Statistics
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Christopher F. Baum (baum@bc.edu).