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ipdmeta (version 1.1)

mixed.biased: Simulated Mixed-Level Meta-Analysis Survival Data with Ecological Bias

Description

List of ipd, patient-level data, and meta, study-level data. 5 trials each with 200 observations for each trial. The Weibull-based model had a -.2 log(hazard) main effect for the centered covariate x and -.4 interaction effect between the centered covariate and treatment factor. There was no additional contribution for the mean of the covariate for main or interaction effect. This mimics an ecological bias in which there is a patient-level main and interaction effect but no effects at the study-level.

Intended for illustrating use of MLMA with separation of study-level and patient-level estimation.

Arguments

format

For ipd:

ll{ group Cluster factor, 1 to 10 trt Treatment indicator, 1 or 0 x Continuous covariate x.bar Mean of x by group time Survival time event Indicator if event was observed, 1 or 0 trt.group Factor of treatment and group }

For meta:

ll{ time Time corresponding to survival estimate surv Survival estimate from treatment.group KM curve sigma2 Corresponding variance of KM survival estimate group Cluster factor, 1 to 10 x Treatment within study sample mean of covariate x.bar Same as x sub.group Factor of treatment and group }

See Also

make.clustered.ipd, mlma