# Meta-Analysis Package for R

## Documentation for package ‘metafor’ version 5.0-1

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation
- Package NEWS
- Package README

## Help Pages

A B C D E F G H I L M N P Q R S T U V W misc

metafor-package | metafor: A Meta-Analysis Package for R

## -- A --

addpoly | Add Polygons to Forest Plots
addpoly.default | Add Polygons to Forest Plots (Default Method)
addpoly.predict.rma | Add Polygons to Forest Plots (Method for 'predict.rma' Objects)
addpoly.rma | Add Polygons to Forest Plots (Method for 'rma' Objects)
aggregate | Aggregate Multiple Effect Sizes or Outcomes Within Studies
aggregate.escalc | Aggregate Multiple Effect Sizes or Outcomes Within Studies
AIC | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
AIC.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
AIC.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
anova | Likelihood Ratio and Wald-Type Tests for 'rma' Objects
anova.rma | Likelihood Ratio and Wald-Type Tests for 'rma' Objects

## -- B --

baujat | Baujat Plots for 'rma' Objects
baujat.rma | Baujat Plots for 'rma' Objects
BIC | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
BIC.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
BIC.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
bldiag | Construct Block Diagonal Matrix
blsplit | Split Block Diagonal Matrix
blup | Best Linear Unbiased Predictions for 'rma.uni' Objects
blup.rma.uni | Best Linear Unbiased Predictions for 'rma.uni' Objects

## -- C --

coef | Extract the Model Coefficients and Coefficient Table from 'rma' and 'summary.rma' Objects
coef.deltamethod | Extract the Estimates and Variance-Covariance Matrix from 'deltamethod' Objects
coef.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
coef.permutest.rma.uni | Extract the Model Coefficient Table from 'permutest.rma.uni' Objects
coef.rma | Extract the Model Coefficients and Coefficient Table from 'rma' and 'summary.rma' Objects
coef.summary.rma | Extract the Model Coefficients and Coefficient Table from 'rma' and 'summary.rma' Objects
confint | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
confint.rma | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.glmm | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.ls | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.mh | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.mv | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.peto | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.uni | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
confint.rma.uni.selmodel | Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
contrmat | Construct Contrast Matrix for Two-Group Comparisons
conv.2x2 | Reconstruct Cell Frequencies of 2x2 Tables
conv.delta | Transform Observed Effect Sizes or Outcomes and their Sampling Variances using the Delta Method
conv.fivenum | Estimate Means and Standard Deviations from Five-Number Summary Values
conv.wald | Convert Wald-Type Confidence Intervals and Tests to Sampling Variances
cooks.distance | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
cooks.distance.rma.mv | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.mv' Objects
cooks.distance.rma.uni | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
cumul | Cumulative Meta-Analysis for 'rma' Objects
cumul.rma.mh | Cumulative Meta-Analysis for 'rma' Objects
cumul.rma.peto | Cumulative Meta-Analysis for 'rma' Objects
cumul.rma.uni | Cumulative Meta-Analysis for 'rma' Objects

## -- D --

deltamethod | Apply the (Multivariate) Delta Method
deviance | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
deviance.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
df.residual | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
df.residual.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
dfbetas | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
dfbetas.rma.mv | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.mv' Objects
dfbetas.rma.uni | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
dfround | Round Variables in a Data Frame

## -- E --

emmprep | Create a Reference Grid for the 'emmeans' Function
escalc | Calculate Effect Sizes and Outcome Measures

## -- F --

fitstats | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
fitstats.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
fitted | Fitted Values for 'rma' Objects
fitted.rma | Fitted Values for 'rma' Objects
fmtp | Formatter Functions
fmtp2 | Formatter Functions
fmtt | Formatter Functions
fmtx | Formatter Functions
forest | Forest Plots
forest.cumul.rma | Forest Plots (Method for 'cumul.rma' Objects)
forest.default | Forest Plots (Default Method)
forest.rma | Forest Plots (Method for 'rma' Objects)
formatters | Formatter Functions
formula | Extract the Model Formula from 'rma' Objects
formula.rma | Extract the Model Formula from 'rma' Objects
fsn | Fail-Safe N Analysis (File Drawer Analysis)
funnel | Funnel Plots
funnel.default | Funnel Plots
funnel.rma | Funnel Plots

## -- G --

getmfopt | Getting and Setting Package Options
gosh | GOSH Plots for 'rma' Objects
gosh.rma | GOSH Plots for 'rma' Objects

## -- H --

hatvalues | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
hatvalues.rma.mv | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.mv' Objects
hatvalues.rma.uni | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
hc | Meta-Analysis based on the Method by Henmi and Copas (2010)
hc.rma.uni | Meta-Analysis based on the Method by Henmi and Copas (2010)

## -- I --

influence | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
influence.rma.mv | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.mv' Objects
influence.rma.uni | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects

## -- L --

labbe | L'Abbe Plots for 'rma' Objects
labbe.rma | L'Abbe Plots for 'rma' Objects
leave1out | Leave-One-Out Diagnostics for 'rma' Objects
leave1out.rma.mh | Leave-One-Out Diagnostics for 'rma' Objects
leave1out.rma.peto | Leave-One-Out Diagnostics for 'rma' Objects
leave1out.rma.uni | Leave-One-Out Diagnostics for 'rma' Objects
llplot | Plot of Likelihoods for Individual Studies
logLik | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
logLik.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
logLik.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects

## -- M --

matreg | Fit Regression Models based on a Correlation and Covariance Matrix
metafor | metafor: A Meta-Analysis Package for R
metafor.news | Read News File of the Metafor Package
methods.vcovmat | Methods for 'vcovmat' Objects
mfopt | Getting and Setting Package Options
misc-models | Fixed-Effects and Random-Effects Models in Meta-Analysis
misc-options | Miscellaneous Options and Features
misc-recs | Some Recommended Practices
misc_models | Fixed-Effects and Random-Effects Models in Meta-Analysis
misc_options | Miscellaneous Options and Features
misc_recs | Some Recommended Practices
model.matrix | Extract the Model Matrix from 'rma' Objects
model.matrix.rma | Extract the Model Matrix from 'rma' Objects

## -- N --

nobs | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects
nobs.rma | Fit Statistics and Information Criteria for 'rma' Objects

## -- P --

pairmat | Construct a Pairwise Contrast Matrix for 'rma' Objects
permutest | Permutation Tests for 'rma.uni' Objects
permutest.rma.ls | Permutation Tests for 'rma.uni' Objects
permutest.rma.uni | Permutation Tests for 'rma.uni' Objects
plot.cumul.rma | Plot Method for 'cumul.rma' Objects
plot.gosh.rma | Plot Method for 'gosh.rma' Objects
plot.infl.rma.uni | Plot Method for 'infl.rma.uni' Objects
plot.permutest.rma.uni | Plot Method for 'permutest.rma.uni' Objects
plot.profile.rma | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.glmm | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.mh | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.mv | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.peto | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.uni | Plot Method for 'rma' Objects
plot.rma.uni.selmodel | Plot Method for 'plot.rma.uni.selmodel' Objects
plot.vif.rma | Plot Method for 'vif.rma' Objects
points.regplot | Scatter Plots / Bubble Plots
predict | Predicted Values for 'rma' Objects
predict.matreg | Predicted Values for 'matreg' Objects
predict.rma | Predicted Values for 'rma' Objects
predict.rma.ls | Predicted Values for 'rma' Objects
print | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.anova.rma | Print Methods for 'anova.rma' and 'list.anova.rma' Objects
print.confint.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
print.confint.rma | Print Methods for 'confint.rma' and 'list.confint.rma' Objects
print.deltamethod | Print Method for 'deltamethod' Objects
print.escalc | Print and Summary Methods for 'escalc' Objects
print.fsn | Print Method for 'fsn' Objects
print.gosh.rma | Print Method for 'gosh.rma' Objects
print.hc.rma.uni | Print Method for 'hc.rma.uni' Objects
print.infl.rma.uni | Model Diagnostics for 'rma.uni' Objects
print.list.anova.rma | Print Methods for 'anova.rma' and 'list.anova.rma' Objects
print.list.confint.rma | Print Methods for 'confint.rma' and 'list.confint.rma' Objects
print.list.rma | Print Method for 'list.rma' Objects
print.matreg | Print and Summary Methods for 'matreg' Objects
print.permutest.rma.uni | Print Method for 'permutest.rma.uni' Objects
print.profile.rma | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
print.ranktest | Print Method for 'ranktest' Objects
print.regtest | Print Method for 'regtest' Objects
print.rma | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.rma.glmm | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.rma.mh | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.rma.mv | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.rma.peto | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.rma.uni | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.summary.matreg | Print and Summary Methods for 'matreg' Objects
print.summary.rma | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
print.tes | Test of Excess Significance
print.vcovmat | Methods for 'vcovmat' Objects
print.vif.rma | Variance Inflation Factors for 'rma' Objects
profile | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
profile.rma | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
profile.rma.ls | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
profile.rma.mv | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
profile.rma.uni | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects
profile.rma.uni.selmodel | Profile Likelihood Plots for 'rma' Objects

## -- Q --

qqnorm | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma.glmm | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma.mh | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma.mv | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma.peto | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects
qqnorm.rma.uni | Normal QQ Plots for 'rma' Objects

## -- R --

radial | Radial Plots for 'rma' Objects
radial.rma | Radial Plots for 'rma' Objects
ranef | Best Linear Unbiased Predictions for 'rma.uni' and 'rma.mv' Objects
ranef.rma.mv | Best Linear Unbiased Predictions for 'rma.uni' and 'rma.mv' Objects
ranef.rma.uni | Best Linear Unbiased Predictions for 'rma.uni' and 'rma.mv' Objects
ranktest | Rank Correlation Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
rcalc | Calculate the Variance-Covariance of Dependent Correlation Coefficients
regplot | Scatter Plots / Bubble Plots
regplot.rma | Scatter Plots / Bubble Plots
regtest | Regression Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
replmiss | Replace Missing Values in a Vector
reporter | Dynamically Generated Analysis Reports for 'rma.uni' Objects
reporter.rma.uni | Dynamically Generated Analysis Reports for 'rma.uni' Objects
resid | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
residuals | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
residuals.rma | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rma | Meta-Analysis via Linear (Mixed-Effects) Models
rma.glmm | Meta-Analysis via Generalized Linear (Mixed-Effects) Models
rma.mh | Meta-Analysis via the Mantel-Haenszel Method
rma.mv | Meta-Analysis via Multivariate/Multilevel Linear (Mixed-Effects) Models
rma.peto | Meta-Analysis via Peto's Method
rma.uni | Meta-Analysis via Linear (Mixed-Effects) Models
robust | Cluster-Robust Tests and Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
robust.rma.mv | Cluster-Robust Tests and Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
robust.rma.uni | Cluster-Robust Tests and Confidence Intervals for 'rma' Objects
rstandard | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstandard.rma.mh | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstandard.rma.mv | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstandard.rma.peto | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstandard.rma.uni | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstudent | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstudent.rma.mh | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstudent.rma.mv | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstudent.rma.peto | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects
rstudent.rma.uni | Residual Values based on 'rma' Objects

## -- S --

se | Extract the Standard Errors from 'rma' Objects
se.default | Extract the Standard Errors from 'rma' Objects
se.rma | Extract the Standard Errors from 'rma' Objects
selmodel | Selection Models
selmodel.rma.uni | Selection Models
setmfopt | Getting and Setting Package Options
sigma.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
simulate | Simulate Method for 'rma' Objects
simulate.rma | Simulate Method for 'rma' Objects
summary | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects
summary.escalc | Print and Summary Methods for 'escalc' Objects
summary.matreg | Print and Summary Methods for 'matreg' Objects
summary.rma | Print and Summary Methods for 'rma' Objects

## -- T --

tes | Test of Excess Significance
to.long | Convert Data from Vector to Long Format
to.table | Convert Data from Vector to Table Format
to.wide | Convert Data from a Long to a Wide Format
transf | Transformation Functions
transf.abt | Transformation Functions
transf.ahw | Transformation Functions
transf.arcsin | Transformation Functions
transf.clestod | Transformation Functions
transf.dtobesd | Transformation Functions
transf.dtocles | Transformation Functions
transf.dtocles.int | Transformation Functions
transf.dtocliffd | Transformation Functions
transf.dtolnor.logis | Transformation Functions
transf.dtolnor.norm | Transformation Functions
transf.dtomd | Transformation Functions
transf.dtoovl | Transformation Functions
transf.dtorbis | Transformation Functions
transf.dtorpb | Transformation Functions
transf.dtou1 | Transformation Functions
transf.dtou2 | Transformation Functions
transf.dtou3 | Transformation Functions
transf.exp.int | Transformation Functions
transf.exp.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.iabt | Transformation Functions
transf.iabt.int | Transformation Functions
transf.iabt.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.iahw | Transformation Functions
transf.iahw.int | Transformation Functions
transf.iahw.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.iarcsin | Transformation Functions
transf.iarcsin.int | Transformation Functions
transf.iarcsin.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.iirft | Transformation Functions
transf.ilogit | Transformation Functions
transf.ilogit.int | Transformation Functions
transf.ilogit.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.ipft | Transformation Functions
transf.ipft.hm | Transformation Functions
transf.iprobit | Transformation Functions
transf.iprobit.int | Transformation Functions
transf.iprobit.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.irft | Transformation Functions
transf.isqrt | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortod.logis | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortod.norm | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortord | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortorr | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortortet.digby | Transformation Functions
transf.lnortortet.pearson | Transformation Functions
transf.logit | Transformation Functions
transf.pft | Transformation Functions
transf.probit | Transformation Functions
transf.r2toz | Transformation Functions
transf.rpbtod | Transformation Functions
transf.rpbtorbis | Transformation Functions
transf.rtod | Transformation Functions
transf.rtorpb | Transformation Functions
transf.rtoz | Transformation Functions
transf.ztor | Transformation Functions
transf.ztor.int | Transformation Functions
transf.ztor.mode | Transformation Functions
transf.ztor2 | Transformation Functions
trimfill | Trim and Fill Analysis for 'rma.uni' Objects
trimfill.rma.uni | Trim and Fill Analysis for 'rma.uni' Objects

## -- U --

update | Model Updating for 'rma' Objects
update.rma | Model Updating for 'rma' Objects

## -- V --

vcalc | Construct or Approximate the Variance-Covariance Matrix of Dependent Effect Sizes or Outcomes
vcov | Extract Various Types of Variance-Covariance Matrices from 'rma' Objects
vcov.deltamethod | Extract the Estimates and Variance-Covariance Matrix from 'deltamethod' Objects
vcov.matreg | Extractor Functions for 'matreg' Objects
vcov.rma | Extract Various Types of Variance-Covariance Matrices from 'rma' Objects
vec2mat | Convert a Vector into a Square Matrix
vif | Variance Inflation Factors for 'rma' Objects
vif.rma | Variance Inflation Factors for 'rma' Objects

## -- W --

weights | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma.glmm | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma.mh | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma.mv | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma.peto | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects
weights.rma.uni | Compute Weights for 'rma' Objects

## -- misc --

[.vcovmat | Methods for 'vcovmat' Objects