runMetaAnalysis {MetaIntegrator}

Run the meta-analysis algorithm

Description

Given a metaObject with $originalData populated this function will run the meta-analysis algorithm. It returns a modified version of the metaObject with the meta-analysis results written into metaObject$metaAnalysis and the results of the leave-one-out analysis into metaObject$leaveOneOutAnalysis

Usage

runMetaAnalysis(metaObject, runLeaveOneOutAnalysis= TRUE, maxCores=Inf)

Arguments

metaObject

a metaObject which must have metaObject$originalData populated with a list of datasetObjects that will be used for discovery

runLeaveOneOutAnalysis

TRUE to run leave one out analysis, FALSE otherwise (default: TRUE)

maxCores

maximum number of cores to use during analysis (default: Inf)

Details

To make sure the input is correctly formatted, the input metaObject should be checked with checkDataObject(metaObject, "Meta", "Pre-Analysis") before starting the meta-analysis.

Value

modified version of the metaObject with $metaAnalysis and $leaveOneOutAnalysis populated

Author(s)

Francesco Vallania, Aditya M. Rao

See Also

checkDataObject

Examples

#Run a meta analysis. 
#		maxCores is set to 1 for package guideline compliance. 
#		For personal purposes, leave parameter un-set.
runMetaAnalysis(tinyMetaObject, maxCores=1)