metafor (version 0.5-7)

fitstats.rma: Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for rma Objects

Description

The function extracts the log likelihood, deviance, AIC, and BIC values from objects of class "rma".

Usage

## S3 method for class 'rma':
fitstats(x, REML=NULL, \dots)

Arguments

x

an object of class "rma".

REML

logical indicating whether the regular or restricted likelihood function should be used to obtain the fit statistics and information criteria. When NULL (default), the regular likelihood is used, unless restricted maximum likelihood estimatio

...

other arguments.

Value

• A column vector with the log likelihood, deviance, AIC, and BIC values.

See Also

rma.uni, rma.mh, rma.peto

Examples

### load BCG vaccine data
data(dat.bcg)

### meta-analysis of the log risk ratios using a random-effects model
res1 <- rma(ai=tpos, bi=tneg, ci=cpos, di=cneg, 
            data=dat.bcg, measure="RR", method="ML")

### mixed-effects model with two moderators (latitude and publication year)
res2 <- rma(ai=tpos, bi=tneg, ci=cpos, di=cneg, mods=cbind(ablat, year),
            data=dat.bcg, measure="RR", method="ML")

fitstats(res1)
fitstats(res2)