Mmeta: An R package for multivariate meta-analysis

Sheng Luo; Yong Chen; Xiao Su; Haitao Chu

doi:10.18637/jss.v056.i11

Mmeta: An R package for multivariate meta-analysis

Sheng Luo, Yong Chen, Xiao Su, Haitao Chu

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This paper describes the core features of the R package mmeta, which implements the exact posterior inference of odds ratio, relative risk, and risk difference given either a single 2 × 2 table or multiple 2 × 2 tables when the risks within the same study are independent or correlated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-26
Number of pages	26
Journal	Journal of Statistical Software
Volume	56
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v056.i11
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

Appell function
Bayesian inference
Bivariate beta-binomial
Exact distribution
Hypergeometric function
Sarmanov family

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