Sensitivity Analyses for Unmeasured Confounding and Other Biases in Observational Studies and Meta-Analyses


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Documentation for package ‘EValue’ version 4.1.3

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bias_plot Plot bias factor as function of confounding relative risks
confounded_meta Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounding in meta-analyses
confounding Unmeasured confounding
convert_measures Convert an effect measure
effect_measures Declare an effect measure
evalue Compute an E-value for unmeasured confounding
evalues.HR Compute E-value for a hazard ratio and its confidence interval limits
evalues.IC Compute an E-value for unmeasured confounding for an additive interaction contrast
evalues.MD Compute E-value for a difference of means and its confidence interval limits
evalues.OLS Compute E-value for a linear regression coefficient estimate
evalues.OR Compute E-value for an odds ratio and its confidence interval limits
evalues.RD Compute E-value for a population-standardized risk difference and its confidence interval limits
evalues.RR Compute E-value for a risk ratio or rate ratio and its confidence interval limits
HR Declare an effect measure
lead An example dataset
MD Declare an effect measure
misclassification Misclassification
multi_bias Create a set of biases for a multi-bias sensitivity analysis
multi_bound Calculate a bound for the bias
multi_evalue Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.HR Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.OR Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.RR Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
OLS Declare an effect measure
OR Declare an effect measure
RD Declare an effect measure
RR Declare an effect measure
selection Selection bias
selection_evalue Compute selection bias E-value for a hazard ratio and its confidence interval limits
sens_plot Plots for sensitivity analyses
soyMeta A meta-analysis on soy intake and breast cancer risk (Trock et al., 2006)
svalues.HR Compute selection bias E-value for an estimate and its confidence interval limits
svalues.OR Compute selection bias E-value for an odds ratio and its confidence interval limits
svalues.RR Compute selection bias E-value for a risk ratio or rate ratio and its confidence interval limits
toMD Convert an effect measure
toRR Convert an effect measure
toyMeta An example meta-analysis
twoXtwoRR Estimate risk ratio and compute CI limits from two-by-two table