Re: [R] Meta-Analyisis on Correlations

2009-02-13 Thread Mike Cheung
Dear Sebastian, Many researchers may transform the Pearson coefficients into Fisher's z scores first by using z <- 0.5*log((1+r)/(1-r)). The standard errors of the Fisher's z scores are z.SE <- 1/sqrt(n-3) where n are the sample sizes (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_transformation). Eit

Re: [R] Meta-Analyisis on Correlations

2009-02-13 Thread Bernd Weiss
Sebastian Stegmann schrieb: [...] The R packages "meta" and "rmeta" are, as far as I can see, set up for analysis with effect sizes for differences (i.e. comparison of the means/odds-ratios of experimental and control group). Only the function "metagen" from the "meta"-package looks like it

[R] Meta-Analyisis on Correlations

2009-02-13 Thread Sebastian Stegmann
Dear R-Community, I'm currently trying to find a way to conduct a meta-analysis in R. I would like to analyze data from mostly-cross-sectional survey-studies. The effect sizes would be correlations. The R packages "meta" and "rmeta" are, as far as I can see, set up for analysis with effect sizes