metaanalyseSmallSampleSizeExperiments {reproducer}R Documentation

metaanalyseSmallSampleSizeExperiments

Description

Implements analysis of small sample size experiments based on Hedges and Olkin p128-131.

Usage

metaanalyseSmallSampleSizeExperiments(d, f, A)

Arguments

d

a vector of standardized mean differences for different experiments (not adjusted for small sample size)

f

a vector defining the degrees for each experiment

A

a vector defining the relationship between d and its related t value for each experiment

Value

UnweightedMean The unweighted mean of the small size adjusted standardized mean differences

WeightedMean The weighted mean of the small size adjusted standardized mean differences

VarWeightedMean The variance of the weighted mean

Author(s)

Barbara Kitchenham and Lech Madeyski

Examples

d=c(.461,.782,.513,.612,-0.131,-0.018,0.774,0.138,-0.482,0.333,.701,-0.222,
  .399,.538,-0.19,0.833,0.512,0.601,-0.366,.510)
A=c(2/5,2/5,2/7,2/10,2/8,2/10,2/6,2/6,2/4,2/9,2/9,2/7,2/7,2/5,2/5,2/4,2/10,2/8,2/4,2/8)
f=c(8,8,12,18,14,18,10,10,6,16,16,12,12,8,8,6,18,14,6,14)
metaanalyseSmallSampleSizeExperiments(d,f,A)

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