R functions lfkindex() and doiplot() can be used in meta-analysis
with missing treatment effect or standard error
User-visible changes
print.copas():
new arguments ‘text.adj’ and ‘text.unadj’ to label results for the
adjusted and unadjusted treatment estimate
limitmeta():
print informative error message if input is a generalised linear
mixed model
metamiss():
replace infinite values in argument ‘IMOR.e’ and ‘IMOR.c’ with value
1e8
Do not print the start-up message concerning older version of R
package metasens for readers of ‘Meta-Analysis with R
(Use R!)’
Internal changes
copas(), lfkindex(), limitmeta(), orbbound:
check for three-level meta-analysis
metasens, version 1.5-2
(2023-02-28)
Major changes
For Copas selection model, show value of between-study variance and
standard deviation in printouts
Bug fixes
Arguments ‘lfkindex’ and ‘xlim’ were ignored in doiplot()
User-visible changes
doiplot():
print more informative label on horizontal axis for meta-analysis
objects
Internal changes
lfkindex():
new list element ‘x’ with meta-analysis object used as input
New branch ‘release’ on GitHub starting with
metasens, version 1.5-2
metasens, version 1.5-1
(2022-12-21)
User-visible changes
Change maintainer’s email address
Internal changes
Remove ‘meta:::’ call
metasens, version 1.5-0
(2022-07-11)
Major changes
Use term ‘common effect model’ instead of ‘fixed effect model’ in
the documentation and argument ‘common’ instead of ‘fixed’ to (not) show
results for common effect model
metasens, version 1.0-1
(2022-01-28)
Bug fixes
Calculation of adjusted standard error in limitmeta() for adjustment
method beta0 (default):
use random effects instead of fixed effect weights
consider covariance between alpha and beta
User-visible changes
plot.copas():
new argument ‘main’ replacing deprecated argument ‘caption’
metasens, version 1.0-0
(2021-10-22)
Major changes
Behaviour of print and print.summary functions switched (to be in
line with other print and print.summary functions in R)
Renamed arguments:
‘fixed’ (instead of ‘comb.fixed’)
‘random’ (instead of ‘comb.random’)
‘level.ma’ (instead of ‘level.comb’)
In metamiss(), an infinite IMOR value is set to 1e10 instead of
9999
User-visible changes
metamiss():
arguments ‘IMOR.e’ and ‘IMOR.c’ can be specified for each individual
study
metasens, version 0.6-0
(2021-01-15)
Major changes
New functions doiplot() and lfkindex() implementing the Doi plot
for asymmetry and the LFK index to test for asymmetry (Furuya-Kanamori et
al., 2018)
Confidence interval of limit meta-analysis estimate can be shown
in funnel plot
User-visible changes
funnel.limitmeta():
new argument ‘show.ci.adjust’ to show confidence interval of
adjusted estimate as a diamond
metasens, version 0.5-0
(2020-09-29)
Major changes
Calculation of adjusted treatment estimate for Copas model in R
function copas() instead of summary.copas()
User-visible changes
copas():
new argument ‘level.comb’ to calculate confidence interval for
pooled estimates
new arguments ‘title’, ‘complab’ and ‘outclab’ to print information
on systematic review / meta-analysis
new list elements (with information for adjusted overall effect):
‘TE.adjust’, ‘seTE.adjust’, ‘lower.adjust’, ‘upper.adjust’,
‘statistic.adjust’ and ‘pval.adjust’
metasens, version 0.4-1
(2020-07-02)
User-visible changes
Use Markdown for NEWS
Internal changes
Call funnel.meta() instead of funnel.default() which will be removed
from R package meta, version 4.13-0