EnterMeta: Enter Meta-Analysis Data
Description
This function creates data entry object suitable for creating an object needed
in the typical meta-analysis. The object will have the appropriate variable names.Value
- Does not return a value, but rather is used for naming columns of a data.frame()
The final object (if saved) will contain:
- studyEnter Study Code or article name
- RxyCorrelation coefficient
- nSample size for study
- RxxReliability of predictor variable X
- RyyReliability of criterion variable Y
- uDegree of range restriction - ratio of restricted to unrestricted standard deviations
- moderatormoderator variable (if any)
Warning
This function will not automatically save your data object. You must create the
object using the assignment operator.Details
To create a data object appropriate for the meta-analysis functions in this package:
Type
my.Meta.data <- EnterMeta()
Then use the data editor to enter data in the appropriate columns.See Also
As an alternative, consider read.csv for importing data prepared
elsewhere (e.g., Excel)