votep: Combine p-values by the vote counting method
Description
Combine $p$-values by the vote counting method
Usage
votep(p, alpha = c(0.5, 0.5))
"print"(x, ...)
Arguments
alpha
A vector of length 2 defining the significance values
x
An object of class ‘votep’
...
Other arguments to be passed through
Value
‘votep’
and ‘votep’, a list with entries
- p
- $p$ value
- pos
- Number of positives
- neg
- Number of negatives
- alpha
- A vector of length 2 defining the significance values and
lying in the range 0 to 1
- validp
- The input vector with illegal values removed
Details
By default splits the $p$-values at 0.5 with those below
counting as positive and those above counting as
negative.
However setting alpha
allows for a different choice of cut-off
and also by specifying two different values
for a neutral zone.
If either value of alpha is greater than unity
it is assumed to be a percentage.The values of $p$ should be such that
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The plot method for class ‘metap’
calls schweder on the valid
$p$-values
References
Becker, B J. Combining significance levels. In
Cooper, H and Hedges, L V, editors
A handbook of research synthesis,
chapter 15, pages 215--230.
Russell Sage,
New York, 1994.