dat.barlow {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Parent Training Programs vs. Control for Improving Parental Psychosocial Health Within 4 Weeks After Intervention

Description

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of standardized mean differences.

Usage

data("dat.barlow")

Format

A data frame with 26 studies with the following 5 variables within each study.

y

point esimates of standardized mean differences.

s2

sample variances of standardized mean differences.

n1

sample sizes in treatment group 1 (parent training programs).

n2

sample sizes in treatment group 2 (control).

n

total sample sizes.

Source

Barlow J, Smailagic N, Huband N, Roloff V, Bennett C (2014). "Group-based parent training programmes for improving parental psychosocial health." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 5, Art. No.: CD002020. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002020.pub4>