slf {altmeta}R Documentation

A Meta-Analysis for Investigating the Effect of Nicotine Gum for Smoking Cessation

Description

This meta-analysis serves as an example to illustrate the function usage in the package altmeta.

Usage

data("slf")

Format

A data frame containing 56 studies with the observed effect sizes and their within-study variances.

y

The observed effect size for each collected study in the meta-analysis.

s2

The within-study variance for each study.

Source

Stead LF, Perera R, Bullen C, Mant D, Hartmann-Boyce J, Cahill K, and Lancaster T (2012). "Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 11. Art No.: CD000146. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub4.


[Package altmeta version 2.2 Index]