homeopath {metaviz}

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.