dat.slf {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Nicotine Gum for Smoking Cessation

Description

This meta-analysis serves as an example to illustrate function usage in the package altmeta.

Usage

data("dat.slf")

Format

A data frame containing 56 studies with the observed effect sizes and their within-study variances.

y

the observed effect size for each collected study in the meta-analysis.

s2

the within-study variance for each study.

Source

Stead LF, Perera R, Bullen C, Mant D, Hartmann-Boyce J, Cahill K, Lancaster T (2012). "Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 11. Art. No.: CD000146. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub4>