This meta-analysis serves as an example to illustrate the function usage in the package altmeta.

datasets

Provides alternative statistical methods for meta-analysis, including new heterogeneity tests and measures that are robust to outliers.

Lifeng Lin

altmeta

Alternative Meta-Analysis Methods

slf function

A data frame containing 56 studies with the observed effect sizes and their within-study variances.<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt><code>y</code></dt><dd>The observed effect size for each collected study in the meta-analysis.</dd>
 <dt><code>s2</code></dt><dd>The within-study variance for each study.</dd>
 </dl>

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A Meta-Analysis for Investigating the Effect of Nicotine Gum for Smoking Cessation — slf

A data frame containing 56 studies with the observed effect sizes and their within-study variances.<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt><code>y</code></dt><dd>The observed effect size for each collected study in the meta-analysis.</dd>
 <dt><code>s2</code></dt><dd>The within-study variance for each study.</dd>
 </dl>

slf: A Meta-Analysis for Investigating the Effect of Nicotine Gum for Smoking Cessation

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