[R-meta] Version 2.1-0 of metafor Package Released on CRAN

[Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)]

Dear list members,

After almost 2 years, I have finally released a new version of the metafor package (version 2.1-0). Lots of updates have been made to the package in the meantime. The full changelog can be found here:

http://www.metafor-project.org/doku.php/updates#changes_in_version_21-0_2019-05-13

Some of the more interesting (and user-visible) additions are the vif() function (for variance inflation factors); the reporter() function (for dynamically generating analysis reports; note that this is work in progress); output can be styled if the 'crayon' package is loaded; cooks.distance(), rstandard(), and rstudent() can compute cluster-level Cook's distances and standardized/studentized residual values for 'rma.mv' models; rma.mv() now allows for continuous-time autoregressive and various spatial correlation structures; escalc() can now compute the coefficient of variation ratio and the variability ratio for pre-post or matched designs; and various improvements to the forest() and funnel() functions.

Development of course continues via the 'devel' version on Github:

https://github.com/wviechtb/metafor

To install the 'devel' version:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("wviechtb/metafor")

Best,
Wolfgang