Re: [R] metafor all list elements must be square matrices

2018-10-25 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Hugh 1 - Your post is unreadable because you posted in HTML so it will be very difficult for anyone to see your V 2 - there is a separate mailing list for meta-analysis in R where you may get more helpful responses as it is monitored by authors of most of the main packages. Please see

[R] metafor all list elements must be square matrices

2018-10-25 Thread Crean, Hugh
This may be a very simple fix, but I am struggling to reproduce Becker's (1988) imputation of control group effect sizes for single group trials. For some reason that I cannot figure out, I am getting an "All list elements in 'V' must be square matrices". Below is my V matrix, which I believe

Re: [R] Metafor multilevel metaregression: total variance increases when moderator added?

2017-03-01 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Laura If you are unable for some reason to share the data why not incorporate the output into an e-mail (and please turn of HTML as it mangles everything). Putting the plots from profiling somewhere we can read them would be a useful addition. This looks at first glance one of those

Re: [R] Metafor multilevel metaregression: total variance increases when moderator added?

2017-02-28 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (SP)
-help@r-project.org >Subject: [R] Metafor multilevel metaregression: total variance increases >when moderator added? > >Hi there, > >I am running a two level multilevel meta-regression of 170 estimates >nested within 3 informants nested within 26 studies. I run the null mod

[R] Metafor multilevel metaregression: total variance increases when moderator added?

2017-02-27 Thread Duncan, Laura
Hi there, I am running a two level multilevel meta-regression of 170 estimates nested within 3 informants nested within 26 studies. I run the null model to get a pooled estimate with random effects at the informant level and study level. Then I test a series of potential moderators (one at a

Re: [R] metafor rma.mv weights questions

2017-02-02 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (SP)
616 (VIJV1) | 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands | +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com >-Original Message- >From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan, >Laura >Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 18:18 >To: r-help@r-project.org >Su

[R] metafor rma.mv weights questions

2017-01-30 Thread Duncan, Laura
Hi there, Question: Does the rma.mv command in metafor automically adjust the weights to account for multiple effect sizes within study or do these weights need to manually calculated and applied? Details: In setting up a multilevel meta-analysis and meta-regression with multiple effect

Re: [R] metafor estimates using mods and subset do not match

2016-07-29 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Kathryn I think that the author of metafor has addressed this http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php/tips:comp_two_independent_estimates The other tips on that site are well worth reading too. On 29/07/2016 14:44, Morris, Kathryn wrote: I am running a meta-analysis using metafor and

Re: [R] metafor estimates using mods and subset do not match

2016-07-29 Thread Bert Gunter
I think you should consult with a local statistician. Generally speaking, statistical questions like this tend to be OT here, and you appear to be sufficiently confused about the statistical issues that online posts would not be sufficient. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an

[R] metafor estimates using mods and subset do not match

2016-07-29 Thread Morris, Kathryn
I am running a meta-analysis using metafor and getting what seem to be conflicting results. #analysis with species moderator cropMeta.species<-rma(cropyi, cropvi, data=dataCropMeta, mods=~dataCropMeta$species - 1, method="HE") The output for the analysis using species as a moderator shows

Re: [R] metafor package

2015-12-12 Thread John Peterson
n Peterson [mailto:john.peterson@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 14:25 > > To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) > > Cc: R-help@r-project.org > > Subject: Re: [R] metafor package > > > > Hi Dr. Viechtbauer, > > > > The code provided

Re: [R] metafor package

2015-12-08 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) > Subject: Re: [R] metafor package > > Hi Dr. Viechtbauer, > Thank you very much for your reply. I tried your advice and was able to > make a forest plot with only the estimates for each subgroup.For the > estiamte for each subgroup, similar to the previous m

Re: [R] metafor package

2015-12-08 Thread John Peterson
hology | Maastricht University | P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1) | 6200 MD > Maastricht, The Netherlands | +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com > > > -Original Message- > > From: John Peterson [mailto:john.peterson@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 22:14 >

Re: [R] metafor package

2015-12-08 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
terson [mailto:john.peterson@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 14:25 > To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) > Cc: R-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] metafor package > > Hi Dr. Viechtbauer, > > The code provided in the metafor projects website for subgroup includes &g

Re: [R] metafor package

2015-12-07 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
rom: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of John > Peterson > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 01:39 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] metafor package > > Hi Everyone, > > I am conducting a meta-analysis using the metafor package. I am > inte

[R] metafor package

2015-12-06 Thread John Peterson
Hi Everyone, I am conducting a meta-analysis using the metafor package. I am interested in obtaining an estimate by subgroup only without showing an overall effect. This is directly from the metafor website. How would i modify this code to only show subgroup effects? Further, I want to show

Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression

2015-11-30 Thread Markus Kösters
: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) [mailto:wolfgang.viechtba...@maastrichtuniversity.nl] Gesendet: Freitag, 27. November 2015 16:01 An: Markus Kösters; 'Michael Dewey'; r-help@r-project.org Betreff: RE: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression I would say the issue of how

Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression

2015-11-27 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Markus This is not a direct answer to your question, I will leave that to Wolfgang but two thoughts: 1 - if all the studies have very sparse data @article{bradburn07, author = {Bradburn, M J and Deeks, J J and Berlin, J A and Localio, A R}, title = {Much ado about nothing: a

Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression

2015-11-27 Thread Markus Kösters
] Gesendet: Freitag, 27. November 2015 13:32 An: Markus Kösters; r-help@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression Dear Markus This is not a direct answer to your question, I will leave that to Wolfgang but two thoughts: 1 - if all the studies

Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression

2015-11-27 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Behalf Of Markus > Kösters > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 14:38 > To: 'Michael Dewey'; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial > regression > > Dear Michael, > > Thank you very much for your input, that is very much app

[R] metafor - Meta-Analysis of rare events / beta-binomial regression

2015-11-26 Thread Markus Kösters
Dear all, I am currently writing a protocol for a meta-analysis which will analyze suicidal events. Recently, O. Kuss has (DOI 10.1002/sim.6383) published a paper that suggest using beta-binomial regression methods to incorporate double-zero studies. He states that �Methods that ignore

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-09-01 Thread Michael Dewey
ttp:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node=4711682=1> Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text The solution that you proposed works perfectly, thank you very much. I'll wait for Wolfgang answer as I'm having few doubts about the models. Thanks On 31 August 2015 at 18:34, Michae

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-09-01 Thread Marco Colagrossi
psychology | Maastricht University | P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1) | 6200 MD > Maastricht, The Netherlands | +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com > >> -Original Message- >> From: Marco Colagrossi [mailto:marco.colagro...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 18:37

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-31 Thread Marco Colagrossi
to create a nice >>> looking plot that has no overlapping text and no excessive white space. An >>> example is this: >>> >>> http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php/plots:forest_plot_with_subgroups >>> >>> Note that it took me dozens of iteratio

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-31 Thread Michael Dewey
nal Message- From: Marco Colagrossi [mailto:marco.colagro...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 17:59 To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Michael Dewey Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Thanks again for your help. I'm sorry to b

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-31 Thread Marco Colagrossi
;> estimates and their CIs. Within that space, you can then add additional >>>>> columns with the 'ilab' argument. It's up to you to find an appropriate >>>>> combination of plotting device width, character/symbol expansion factor >>>>>

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-31 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
lfgang (STAT); r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text > > The solution that you proposed works perfectly, thank you very much. > > I'll wait for Wolfgang answer as I'm having few doubts about the models. > > Thanks > > On 3

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-31 Thread Navien
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 18:37 > > To: Michael Dewey > > Cc: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); [hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node=4711682=1> > > Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text > > > > The solution that

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-25 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Message- From: Marco Colagrossi [mailto:marco.colagro...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 17:59 To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Michael Dewey Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Thanks again for your help. I'm sorry to bother

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-25 Thread Marco Colagrossi
...@dewey.myzen.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 13:23 To: Marco Colagrossi; Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Hello Marco Comments in line again On 24/08/2015 18:49, Marco Colagrossi wrote: I tried to upload

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-25 Thread Michael Dewey
To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Michael Dewey Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Thanks again for your help. I'm sorry to bother you but I don't get how to widen the forest plot; if I try to change the values of xlim or the ilab.xpos values

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-25 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Further comments in line as well. -Original Message- From: Michael Dewey [mailto:li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 13:23 To: Marco Colagrossi; Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-25 Thread Michael Dewey
-project.org] On Behalf Of Marco Colagrossi Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 16:04 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Hello folks, I have a couple of issues with the metafor package, specifically with the forest graphs. I am currently conducting a Meta

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-24 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Maastricht, The Netherlands | +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com -Original Message- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Marco Colagrossi Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 16:04 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Metafor and forest

[R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-24 Thread Marco Colagrossi
Hello folks, I have a couple of issues with the metafor package, specifically with the forest graphs. I am currently conducting a Meta-Analysis in economics throughout the metafor package. My meta-analysis has the specific of having different cases from single studies, and this proven to be

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-24 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Marco Comments inline On 24/08/2015 15:03, Marco Colagrossi wrote: Hello folks, I have a couple of issues with the metafor package, specifically with the forest graphs. I am currently conducting a Meta-Analysis in economics throughout the metafor package. My meta-analysis has the

Re: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text

2015-08-24 Thread Marco Colagrossi
[mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Marco Colagrossi Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 16:04 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Metafor and forest(); not showing 'ilab' and text Hello folks, I have a couple of issues with the metafor package, specifically with the forest graphs

Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components

2015-04-21 Thread Carlijn Wibbelink
, v, random = list(~ 1 | y, ~ 1 | ID), sigma2=c(0,NA), data=dat) anova(model2,model3) anova(model2,model4) Is it possible to receive the standard errors of the variances in metafor (and do a Z-test)? To: wibbelt...@hotmail.com; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function

Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components

2015-04-21 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
...@dewey.myzen.co.uk; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components Thank you for your reaction, it worked. However, I'm wondering if this is the right way to test whether there is significant variation on one of the two levels. The results of the anova

Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components

2015-04-21 Thread Michael Dewey
of the variances in metafor (and do a Z-test)? To: wibbelt...@hotmail.com; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components From: li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:24:48 + Carlijn Wibbelink wibbelt...@hotmail.com wrote : Dear Carlijn

Re: [R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components

2015-04-20 Thread Lists
Carlijn Wibbelink wibbelt...@hotmail.com wrote : Dear Carlijn I think that if you set sigma2 to a vector of length 2 it will be possible. Hi all, I have a question about metafor and the rma.mv function. I have fitted a multivariate model (effect sizes are nested within studies) and I've

[R] Metafor - rma.mv function - variance components

2015-04-20 Thread Carlijn Wibbelink
Hi all, I have a question about metafor and the rma.mv function. I have fitted a multivariate model (effect sizes are nested within studies) and I've found two variances: Variance Components: estimsqrt nlvls fixed factor sigma^2.1 0.0257 0.1602 72 no

Re: [R] 'metafor' - standardized mean difference in pre-post design studies

2015-04-14 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Hi, I have a quesite on meta-analysis with 'metafor'. I would like to calculate the standardized mean difference (SMD), as Hedges' g, in pre-post design studies. I have data on baseline (sample size, mean and SD in both the experimental and the control group) and at end of treatment (same as

Re: [R] metafor - Cochrane on change score in pre-post design

2015-04-14 Thread Michael Dewey
Comment below On 13/04/2015 20:46, Antonello Preti wrote: Hi, this is another quesite related to the use of 'metafor' for calculation of standardized mean change in pre-post design studies. Essentially, my aim is to compare different method to arrive at the same conclusion: Does the treatment

[R] 'metafor' - standardized mean difference in pre-post design studies

2015-04-13 Thread Antonello Preti
Hi, I have a quesite on meta-analysis with 'metafor'. I would like to calculate the standardized mean difference (SMD), as Hedges' g, in pre-post design studies. I have data on baseline (sample size, mean and SD in both the experimental and the control group) and at end of treatment (same as

[R] metafor - Cochrane on change score in pre-post design

2015-04-13 Thread Antonello Preti
Hi, this is another quesite related to the use of 'metafor' for calculation of standardized mean change in pre-post design studies. Essentially, my aim is to compare different method to arrive at the same conclusion: Does the treatment work? The Cochrane manual advise not to calculate change

Re: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means

2014-12-07 Thread Purssell, Ed
To: Michael Dewey; Purssell, Ed; r-help@r-project.org Subject: RE: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means With geometric mean 1 CI /3.92, I assume you mean (upper bound - lower bound) / 3.92. Two things: 1) That will give you the SE of the mean, not the SD of the observations (which is what

Re: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means

2014-12-07 Thread Bert Gunter
: RE: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means With geometric mean 1 CI /3.92, I assume you mean (upper bound - lower bound) / 3.92. Two things: 1) That will give you the SE of the mean, not the SD of the observations (which is what you need as input). 2) Probably the CI

Re: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means

2014-11-14 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Dewey Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:36 To: Purssell, Ed; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means On 13/11/2014 11:00, Purssell, Ed wrote: ?Dear All I have some data expressed in geometric means and 95% confidence intervals. Can I code

[R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means

2014-11-13 Thread Purssell, Ed
?Dear All I have some data expressed in geometric means and 95% confidence intervals. Can I code them in metafor as: rma(m1i=geometric mean 1, m2i=geometric mean 2, sd1i=geometric mean 1 CI /3.92, sd2i=geometric mean 2 CI/3.92...etc, measure=MD) All of the studies use geometric means.

Re: [R] metafor - code for analysing geometric means

2014-11-13 Thread Michael Dewey
On 13/11/2014 11:00, Purssell, Ed wrote: ?Dear All I have some data expressed in geometric means and 95% confidence intervals. Can I code them in metafor as: rma(m1i=geometric mean 1, m2i=geometric mean 2, sd1i=geometric mean 1 CI /3.92, sd2i=geometric mean 2 CI/3.92...etc,

Re: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances

2014-08-28 Thread Michael Dewey
...@maastrichtuniversity.nl] Sent: 27 August 2014 17:30 To: Owen, Branwen; r-help@r-project.org Subject: RE: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances The warning message pretty much says it: When one of the variances is zero, then the I^2 statistic (and various other

[R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances

2014-08-27 Thread Owen, Branwen
Hi, I'm doing a meta-analysis in metafor. All is fine except when there are 0s in the values that i'm pooling, then i get a pooled estimate but not the I2 that i am also interested in. for example: summary(rma.1-rma(yi,vi,data=mix,method=ML,knha=F,weighted=F,intercept=T)) (where yi are the

Re: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances

2014-08-27 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
=0 is really sensible. Best, Wolfgang -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Owen, Branwen Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 13:48 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non

Re: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances

2014-08-27 Thread Owen, Branwen
Subject: RE: [R] Metafor -can't calculate heterogeneity with non-positive sampling variances The warning message pretty much says it: When one of the variances is zero, then the I^2 statistic (and various other things) cannot be computed, at least if one sticks to the usual equations/methods. So

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-07 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
guess it's a font issue. There may be others that can give more useful advice. Best, Wolfgang -Original Message- From: Dietlinde Schmidt [mailto:schmidt.dietli...@web.de] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:09 To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-07 Thread Dietlinde Schmidt
] On Behalf Of Dietlinde Schmidt [schmidt.dietli...@web.de] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:07 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal Dear R-Community, I need to change the punctuation of the reported weights, effect sizes

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-07 Thread Jeremy Miles
-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal Thanks for that link, Wolfgang. Unfortunately, there comes the Warning with it: (process:3634): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() and decimal being

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-07 Thread Michael Dewey
-project.org [r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dietlinde Schmidt [schmidt.dietli...@web.de] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:07 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midlinedecimal Dear R-Community, I need to change the punctuation

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
] On Behalf Of Dietlinde Schmidt [schmidt.dietli...@web.de] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:07 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midlinedecimal Dear R-Community, I need to change the punctuation of the reported weights, effect sizes

Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-05 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
[schmidt.dietli...@web.de] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:07 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal Dear R-Community, I need to change the punctuation of the reported weights, effect sizes and confidence intervals

[R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to midline decimal

2014-07-03 Thread Dietlinde Schmidt
Dear R-Community, I need to change the punctuation of the reported weights, effect sizes and confidence intervals in a forest plot created with the forest()-function in the metafor-package. Midline decimal means that it looks like this (23·6) rather than that (23.6). Do I need to change

[R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome?

2014-05-26 Thread Verena Weinbir
Hey guys, I have tested the metafor trim and fill function (y:SD, x:SMD)on my data set and yielded the following result: 1. missing studies on the right: 34 2. open circles on the rights side appear to be the number of additional effects 3. adjusted d would be higher than observed d. Since

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-05-26 Thread Michael Dewey
-Original Message- From: Verena Weinbir [mailto:vwein...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 15:09 To: Michael Dewey Cc: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); mailto:r-help@r-project.orgr-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? Thank you very much

Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome?

2014-05-26 Thread Michael Dewey
At 09:34 26/05/2014, Verena Weinbir wrote: Hey guys, I have tested the metafor trim and fill function (y:SD, x:SMD)on my data set and yielded the following result: 1. missing studies on the right: 34 That seems a lot of missing studies unless you have a very large set of primary studies.

Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome?

2014-05-26 Thread Verena Weinbir
thanks for your reply, Michael! ad primary studies: yup, I have a large set of studies: At the moment I consider 126 data sets in my analysis. ad interpretation: thats an interesting information. But usually there should be found an effect. ad bit :-): I am irritiated, because in the plots I

Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome?

2014-05-26 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Dewey Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome? thanks for your reply, Michael! ad primary studies: yup, I have a large set of studies: At the moment I consider 126 data sets in my analysis. ad interpretation: thats an interesting information. But usually there should

Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome?

2014-05-26 Thread Verena Weinbir
From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Verena Weinbir [vwein...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 1:15 PM To: Michael Dewey Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: Strange Trim and Fill Outcome? thanks for your

[R] Metafor: forest plot for subset

2014-05-26 Thread Verena Weinbir
Hey, I want to build a forest plot which states author and year for a subset of studies. But if I use this argument: resultREML - rma(yi=yi, vi=vi, method = REML, data = subset(empa, task==x)) resultREML forest(resultREML, , slab=paste(empa$author, empa$year,sep = ,)) I

Re: [R] Metafor: forest plot for subset

2014-05-26 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-help Subject: [R] Metafor: forest plot for subset Hey, I want to build a forest plot which states author and year for a subset of studies. But if I use this argument: resultREML - rma(yi=yi, vi=vi, method = REML, data = subset(empa, task==x)) resultREML forest

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-05-22 Thread Verena Weinbir
-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? Thank you very much for your illustration, Wolfgang! It helped me a lot. And also thank you for the package-hint, Michael! Now, I have re-checked the respective studies, and there still are a couple

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-05-06 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
). Best, Wolfgang -Original Message- From: Verena Weinbir [mailto:vwein...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 15:09 To: Michael Dewey Cc: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? Thank you very much for your

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-05-06 Thread Verena Weinbir
, April 25, 2014 16:23 To: Verena Weinbir Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? At 12:33 25/04/2014, you wrote: Thank you very much for your reply and the book recommendation, Michael. Yes, I mean Cohen's d - sorry for the typo :-) Just

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-05-06 Thread Michael Dewey
, 2014 15:09 To: Michael Dewey Cc: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? Thank you very much for your illustration, Wolfgang! It helped me a lot. And also thank you for the package-hint, Michael! Now, I have re-checked

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-04-26 Thread Michael Dewey
-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? At 12:33 25/04/2014, you wrote: Thank you very much for your reply and the book recommendation, Michael. Yes, I mean Cohen's d - sorry for the typo :-) Just to make this sure for me: There is no possibility to integrate

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-04-25 Thread Michael Dewey
At 13:15 24/04/2014, Verena Weinbir wrote: Hello! I am using the metafor package for my master's thesis as an R-newbie. While calculating effectsizes from my dataset (mean values and standarddeviations) using escalc shouldn't be a problem (I hope ;-)), I wonder how I could at this point

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-04-25 Thread Michael Dewey
At 12:33 25/04/2014, you wrote: Thank you very much for your reply and the book recommendation, Michael. Yes, I mean Cohen's d - sorry for the typo :-) Just to make this sure for me: There is no possibility to integrate stated Cohens' ds in an R-Metaanalysis (or a MA at all), if there is no

Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-04-25 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-project.org] On Behalf Of Michael Dewey Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 16:23 To: Verena Weinbir Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes? At 12:33 25/04/2014, you wrote: Thank you very much for your reply and the book recommendation, Michael. Yes, I

Re: [R] metafor - rstudent(res) - omitted rows

2014-04-24 Thread Michael Dewey
At 11:56 22/04/2014, Dipl. Kfm Dominik Wagner MSc; MSc wrote: Dear all, I am quite new to R. Now my following easy question. I use metafor and performed an outlier test with rstudent(res). This is resulting in 1000 rows of 1578 and 578 omitted rows (starting with row 598). 1. How can I

[R] Metafor: How to integrate effectsizes?

2014-04-24 Thread Verena Weinbir
Hello! I am using the metafor package for my master's thesis as an R-newbie. While calculating effectsizes from my dataset (mean values and standarddeviations) using escalc shouldn't be a problem (I hope ;-)), I wonder how I could at this point integrate additional studies, which only state

Re: [R] metafor - rstudent(res) - omitted rows

2014-04-22 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dipl. Kfm Dominik Wagner MSc; MSc Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:56 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] metafor - rstudent(res) - omitted rows Dear all, I am quite new to R. Now my following easy question

Re: [R] {metafor} variance explaination for paired pre-test/posttest

2014-04-08 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
Williams Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 02:30 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] {metafor} variance explaination for paired pre-test/posttest In a previous post https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-April/308946.html https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-April/308946.html

Re: [R] {metafor} variance explaination for paired pre-test/posttest

2014-04-08 Thread John Williams
Prof. Viechtbauer, thanks for the articles. I appreciate your help. Yours, John John Williams ALB Candidate, Harvard University (Expected May 2014) johnwilli...@fas.harvard.edu jawilliam...@gmail.com -- View this message in context:

[R] {metafor} variance explaination for paired pre-test/posttest

2014-04-07 Thread John Williams
In a previous post https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-April/308946.html https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-April/308946.html , the following calculation was given for imputing the variance of change scores for paired studies: // begin quote 2) Often, the dependent variable is

[R] metafor combining escalc effect-sizes

2014-03-30 Thread Purssell, Ed
Dear All I have a question about combining effect sizes generated by escalc in metafor. I realise these may be stupid things to do; but they are deliberately so to explain what I mean - I don't intend doing this! I have 3 studies; each of which has a different measure of effect/presents the

Re: [R] metafor combining escalc effect-sizes

2014-03-30 Thread Michael Dewey
At 09:42 30/03/2014, Purssell, Ed wrote: Dear All I have a question about combining effect sizes generated by escalc in metafor. I realise these may be stupid things to do; but they are deliberately so to explain what I mean - I don't intend doing this! I have 3 studies; each of which

[R] Metafor - why use escalc?

2014-03-14 Thread Purssell, Ed
Dear All As you can specify the data directly to rma.uni via n1i, m1i, sd1i, etc in Metafor, why would you ever want to use escalc to calculate yi and vi? Aren't these just intermediate steps to the final pooled effect size which is calculated by rma.uni; or is there some advantage to

Re: [R] Metafor - why use escalc?

2014-03-14 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
] On Behalf Of Purssell, Ed [ed.purss...@kcl.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:11 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Metafor - why use escalc? Dear All As you can specify the data directly to rma.uni via n1i, m1i, sd1i, etc in Metafor, why would you ever want to use escalc to calculate yi

Re: [R] metafor package

2014-02-13 Thread Nathan Pace
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 6:39 AM To: r-help@R-project.org r-help@r-project.org, Nathan Leon Pace, MD, MStat n.l.p...@utah.edu, Michael Dewey i...@aghmed.fsnet.co.uk, S Ellison s.elli...@lgcgroup.com Subject: RE: [R] metafor package Good advice already from Michael and S Ellison. I must

Re: [R] metafor package

2014-02-12 Thread Michael Dewey
At 22:11 11/02/2014, Nathan Pace wrote: Hi, I have a random effects meta analysis of a proportion (logit transformation) using rma.glmm. I have created a forest plot of the proportion (inverse logic transformation) using forest.rma. I have added the credibility interval. The forest plot

Re: [R] metafor package

2014-02-12 Thread S Ellison
, specifying lwd=2 in your forest call will give all the lines width 2 instead of the default. S Ellison -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Pace Sent: 11 February 2014 22:11 To: r-help@R-project.org Subject: [R

Re: [R] metafor package

2014-02-12 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Michael Dewey Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:50 To: Nathan Pace; r-help@R-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor package At 22:11 11/02

Re: [R] metafor package

2014-02-12 Thread S Ellison
-Original Message- I must apologize for the 'hack-job of a function' called forest() in metafor. Well, certainly no apology needed there! I realized a while ago that people would prefer more fine-grained control over the various elements of the plot (this has come up a few times

[R] metafor package

2014-02-12 Thread William Shadish
-project.org Subject: [R] metafor package Message-ID: cf1fef68.2490a%n.l.p...@utah.edu Content-Type: text/plain Hi, I have a random effects meta analysis of a proportion (logit transformation) using rma.glmm. I have created a forest plot of the proportion (inverse logic transformation) using

[R] metafor package

2014-02-11 Thread Nathan Pace
Hi, I have a random effects meta analysis of a proportion (logit transformation) using rma.glmm. I have created a forest plot of the proportion (inverse logic transformation) using forest.rma. I have added the credibility interval. The forest plot is saved as a pdf. The dotted line and

[R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC)

2013-11-22 Thread petretta
r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC) Message-ID: 077e31a57da26e46ab0d493c9966ac730d99255...@um-mail4112.unimaas.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii .cmicalc is a non-exported function. You can see the code with: getAnywhere(.cmicalc) Best

[R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC)

2013-11-21 Thread petretta
To: petre...@unina.it petre...@unina.it, r-help@r-project.org r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC) Message-ID: 077e31a57da26e46ab0d493c9966ac730d99255...@um-mail4112.unimaas.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear Mario, You can always just

Re: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC)

2013-11-21 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-project.org Subject: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC) Many thanks to Wolfgang Viechtbauer for the prompt and clear answer. However, I'm unable to understand what .cmicalc mathematically does in the code line: cmi - .cmicalc(mi) I look in the metafor documentation and in R (?.cmical

[R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC)

2013-11-19 Thread petretta
Dear all, I use R 3.0 for Windows. I ask how escalc(measure=SMCC) [metafor package] mathematically calculate yi and vi when only change score and SD change score are provided. I used the example (repoted below) posted by Qiang Yue at:

Re: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC)

2013-11-19 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-project.org Subject: [R] metafor escalc(measure=SMCC) Dear all, I use R 3.0 for Windows. I ask how escalc(measure=SMCC) [metafor package] mathematically calculate yi and vi when only change score and SD change score are provided. I used the example (repoted below) posted by Qiang Yue

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