meta (version 6.2-1)

summary.meta: Summary of meta-analysis results

Description

Summary method for objects of class meta.

Usage

# S3 method for meta
summary(object, ...)

Value

An object of classes summary.meta and meta (see meta-object.

Arguments

object

An object of class meta.

...

Additional arguments (ignored).

Author

Guido Schwarzer

Details

Summary method for objects of class meta.

References

Cooper H & Hedges LV (1994): The Handbook of Research Synthesis. Newbury Park, CA: Russell Sage Foundation

Crippa A, Khudyakov P, Wang M, Orsini N, Spiegelman D (2016): A new measure of between-studies heterogeneity in meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 35, 3661--75

Higgins JPT & Thompson SG (2002): Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 21, 1539--58

See Also

print.summary.meta, metabin, metacont, metagen

Examples

data(Fleiss1993cont)
m1 <- metacont(n.psyc, mean.psyc, sd.psyc, n.cont, mean.cont, sd.cont,
  data = Fleiss1993cont, studlab = paste(study, year), sm = "SMD")
summary(m1)

summary(update(m1, subgroup = c(1, 2, 1, 1, 2), subgroup.name = "group"))
forest(update(m1, subgroup = c(1, 2, 1, 1, 2), subgroup.name = "group"))

if (FALSE) {
# Use unicode characters to print tau^2, tau, and I^2
print(summary(m1),
  text.tau2 = "\u03c4\u00b2", text.tau = "\u03c4", text.I2 = "I\u00b2")
}