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Example data for a meta-analysis of standardized mean differences: Homeopathic treatment vs. Placebo
Description
A dataset consisting of 54 randomized control trials (RCTs) from a published meta-analysis (Mathie et al. 2017) comparing homeopathic treatment with placebo. See reference for further details.
Usage
homeopath
Format
A data frame with 54 rows and 4 variables:
- name
short name of each RCT
- year
publication year of each RCT
- d
observed effect size (Standardized mean differences). Negative effect sizes indicate superiority of homeopathic treatment.
- se
standard error of observed effect size
References
Mathie, R. T., Ramparsad, N., Legg, L. A., Clausen, J., Moss, S., Davidson, J. R., ... McConnachie, A. (2017). Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of non-individualised homeopathic treatment: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 6, 63.
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