[R] Error in metafor documentation on maximum iterations

[Michael Dewey]

At 19:01 16/08/2012, Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) wrote:
>I had noticed this oversight a while ago. In an updated version of 
>the metafor package (hopefully to be released in the near future), 
>the argument will be called "maxiter" (as intended). Using "maxit" 
>will then work as well, due to partial matching.
>
>Thanks for bringing this to my attention though.
>
>Also, the package name is "metafor" (spelled with an f). It's 
>supposed to be a (convoluted) abbreviation for "META-analysis FOr 
>R"). I suppose "metaphor" would then be "META-analysis PHOr R", but 
>I decided against that (other candidates were metaforR, metafoR, and 
>a few others). Well, at the time, I thought the name "metafor" was 
>clever. These days, I am not so sure anymore.

The big advantage of metafor is that it is not the (English) word for 
metaphor so making Google searching for metafor a lot easier (at 
least from my location). Readers in the Nordic countries mileage 
probably varies here.


>Best,
>
>Wolfgang
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> > On Behalf Of Michael Weylandt
> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 04:19
> > To: John Hodgson
> > Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] Error in metafor documentation on maximum iterations
> >
> > Send this to Wolfgang directly. See
> >
> > maintainer("metaphor")
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Aug 15, 2012, at 12:13 PM, John Hodgson <john at formby.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Both the official R documentation and Wolfgang's paper in the Journal of
> > > Statistical Science describing this (extremely useful) package, name the
> > > control variable for maximum iterations in numeric model fitting as
> > > 'maxiter'.  The correct name is 'maxit'.  A small point concerning an (I
> > > guess) infrequently used bit of functionality, but this may help save
> > > someone an hour or so's head scratching!
> > >
> > > John Hodgson
> > >
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