[R] Meta-regression with lmer() ? If so, how ?

[Bernd Weiss]

Am 9 Nov 2006 um 8:45 hat Emmanuel Charpentier geschrieben:

Date sent:      	Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:45:36 +0100
From:           	Emmanuel Charpentier <charpent at bacbuc.dyndns.org>
To:             	r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject:        	[R] Meta-regression with lmer() ? If so, how ?

> Dear List,
> 
> I am (again) looking at meta-regression as a way to refine
> meta-analytic results. What I want to do is to assess the impact of
> some fixed factors on the results of a meta-analysis. Some of them may
> be crossed with the main factor of the meta-analysis (e. g. clinical
> presentation of a disease, defining subgroups in each of the studies
> under analysis), some of them may be a grouping factor amond studies
> (e. g. study design characteristics).
> 

Have a look at "MiMa" at Wolfgang Viechtbauer's page. Is that what 
you are looking for? 

<http://www.wvbauer.com/downloads.html>

Bernd