Package: xmeta 1.3.1

xmeta: A Toolbox for Multivariate Meta-Analysis

A toolbox for meta-analysis. This package includes: 1,a robust multivariate meta-analysis of continuous or binary outcomes; 2, a bivariate Egger's test for detecting small study effects; 3, Galaxy Plot: A New Visualization Tool of Bivariate Meta-Analysis Studies; 4, a bivariate T&F method accounting for publication bias in bivariate meta-analysis, based on symmetry of the galaxy plot. Hong C. et al(2020) <doi:10.1093/aje/kwz286>, Chongliang L. et al(2020) <doi:10.1101/2020.07.27.20161562>; 5, a method for Composite Likelihood Network Meta-Analysis without knowledge of within-study variance and accounting for small sample effect sizes.

Authors:Chuan Hong [aut], Chongliang Luo [aut], Jiayi Tong [aut], Bingyu Zhang [aut], Jiajie Chen [cre], Rui Duan [ctb], Haitao Chu [ctb], Yulun Liu [ctb], Yong Chen [aut]