Meta-Analysis with R

• Main Authors: Schwarzer, Guido (Author), Carpenter, James R. (Author), Rücker, Gerta (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Use R!,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Biostatistics.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to performing meta-analysis using the statistical software R. It is intended for quantitative researchers and students in the medical and social sciences who wish to learn how to perform meta-analysis with R. As such, the book introduces the key concep...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Getting Started: An Introduction to Meta-Analysis in R
• Part II Standard Methods: Fixed Effect and Random Effects Meta-Analysis
• Meta-Analysis with Binary Outcomes
• Heterogeneity and Meta-Regression
• Part III Advanced Topics: Small-Study Effects in Meta-Analysis
• Missing Data in Meta-Analysis
• Multivariate Meta-Analysis
• Network Meta-Analysis
• Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
• Further Information on R
• Index.