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inv.normal: Apply the inverse normal method.

Description

Apply the inverse normal method (Hedges and Olkin, 1985). For each data set, combine the Z-scores or Z-tests and divide them by the square root of the sample size of the data set.

Usage

inv.normal(i, zstat)

Arguments

i
Vector of integer variables containing the indices of data sets.
zstat
List of numeric vectors representing Z-tests or Z-scores.

Value

Vector of combined Z-tests.

Warning

This function is not called by the user directly.

References

L. V. Hedges and I. Olkin. Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis. Academic Press,January 1985. ISBN 0123363802.