resd_dsl {MetaAnalyser}

Heterogeneity standard deviation in meta-analysis

Description

Random effects standard deviation using the classic DerSimonian & Laird formula.

Usage

resd_dsl(dat)

Arguments

dat

Meta-analysis data. This should be a data frame with three columns, called "name", "est" and "se" giving the study name, study-specific parameter estimates and corresponding standard errors respectively.

Numeric or character study names are permitted. If the data frame has more than three columns, the first three are used. If the first three columns are called "name", "est" and "se" in some order, they are re-ordered appropriately, otherwise they are re-named.

Value

Estimated random effects standard deviation

Examples

resd_dsl(magnesium)