reproduceTablesOfPaperMetaAnalysisForFamiliesOfExperiments {reproducer}

reproduceTablesOfPaperMetaAnalysisForFamiliesOfExperiments

Description

This function reproduces five of the output tables used in the systematic review paper 'Meta-analysis for Families of Experiments: A Systematic Review and Reproducibility Assessment'. It extracts the reported values for effect sizes, meta-analysis and descriptive statistics in the primary studies. It uses the descriptive statistics to re-calculate effect sizes and then performs a meta-analyses using the constructed effect sizes and compares the calculated values with the reported values.

Usage

reproduceTablesOfPaperMetaAnalysisForFamiliesOfExperiments()

Value

list incl. the data presented in five of the tables presented in the paper.

Author(s)

Barbara Kitchenham and Lech Madeyski

Examples

rrData <- reproduceTablesOfPaperMetaAnalysisForFamiliesOfExperiments()
# Reproduce Table 'Overall Mean Values of Effect Sizes Reported and Calculated':
xtable::xtable(rrData$MAStats)
# Reproduce Table 'Calculated and Reported Effect Sizes':
xtable::xtable(rrData$ESdata)
# Report values for 3 papers that reported per document
rrData$MAStatsTP1 <- data.frame(rrData$MAStatsTP1, row.names = NULL)
rrData$ESTP1res <- data.frame(rrData$ESTP1res, row.names = NULL)
xtable::xtable(rrData$MAStatsTP1)
xtable::xtable(rrData$ESTP1res)
# Report extra results for Study 8
# Reproduce Table 'Calculating r_PB Effect Size from Probabilities'
xtable::xtable(rrData$GH2015extra)