catmap.cumulative {catmap}

catmap: Cumulative Meta-Analysis

Description

The catmap.cumulative conducts cumulative meta-analyses and creates plots of Odds Ratios (OR) and Confidence Intervals (CI) using a fixed-effects or random-effects model. Note that studies should be listed in chronological order in the input file! This function does not re-order studies by publication year! Also note that random-effects estimates are not defined for a single (i.e., the first) study.

Usage

catmap.cumulative(catmapobject, fe.forest = FALSE, re.forest = FALSE,
  printout = FALSE)

Arguments

catmapobject

A catmap object created by catmap.

fe.forest

A boolean. Toggles whether the forest plot should get saved to the current working directory.

re.forest

A boolean. Toggles whether the forest plot should get saved to the current working directory.

printout

A boolean. Toggles whether a text file of the models and Q statistic results should get saved to the working directory.

Author(s)

Algorithm designed and implemented by Kristin K. Nicodemus. Code modified and updated by Thom Quinn.

See Also

catmap, catmap.forest, catmap.sense, catmap.cumulative, catmap.funnel

Examples

data(catmapdata)
catmapobject <- catmap(catmapdata, 0.95, TRUE)
catmap.cumulative(catmapobject, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE)