[R] meta-analysis for sensitivity

Nathan Pace
Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:16:12 -0000

Check the mada package for a bivariate approach to sensitivity/specificity.

Check the metafor package if trying only to do a meta analysis of a
proportion.

Nathan





On 4/8/13 12:51 PM, "array chip" <arrayprofile at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hi all, I am new to meta-analysis. Is there any special package that can
>calculate "summarized" sensitivity with 95% confidence interval
for a
>diagnostic test, based on sensitivities from several individual studies?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>John
>
>
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> From: Jannis <bt_jannis at yahoo.de>
>To: "r-help at r-project.org" <r-help at r-project.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 11:12 AM
>Subject: [R] checkUsage from codetools shows errors when function uses
>functions from loaded packages
>
>Dear list members,
>
>
>I frequently program small scripts and wrap them into functions to be
>able to check them with checkUsage. In case these functions (loaded via
>source or copy pasted to the R console) use functions from other
>packages, I get this error:
>
>
>no visible global function definition for ?xxxxxxx?
>
>For example:
>
>
>
>test = function() {
>  require(plotrix)
>  color.legend()
>}
>
>library(codetools)
>checkUsage(test)
>
>
>Can I tell codetools somehow where to look for these functions without
>building a full blown package?
>
>
>
>Cheers
>Jannis
>
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