[R-meta] metafor::vcalc() for multiple sources of dependence

[Simon Harmel]

Hello Wolfgang,

Thank you for adding such an important function! In my studies, I have
quite a few studies that are structured as shown below.

Can I use vcalc() to construct a V matrix for the three sources of
dependence (i.e., multiple groups, times, outcomes) in say the study
below?

Thank you for your guidance,
Simon

m="
study yi vi group time outcome
Brown -0.10 0.05 1 0 1
Brown 0.24 0.05 1 0 2
Brown -0.11 0.05 1 0 3
Brown -0.01 0.05 1 0 4
Brown -0.12 0.05 2 0 1
Brown 0.38 0.05 2 0 2
Brown -0.19 0.05 2 0 3
Brown 0.30 0.05 2 0 4
Brown 0.45 0.05 1 1 1
Brown 0.66 0.05 1 1 2
Brown 0.27 0.05 1 1 3
Brown 0.13 0.05 1 1 4
Brown 0.08 0.05 1 2 1
Brown 0.25 0.05 1 2 2
Brown -0.34 0.05 1 2 3
Brown -0.06 0.05 1 2 4
Brown 0.48 0.05 2 1 1
Brown 0.28 0.05 2 1 2
Brown 0.10 0.05 2 1 3
Brown 0.25 0.05 2 1 4
Brown 0.11 0.05 2 2 1
Brown 0.65 0.05 2 2 2
Brown 0.39 0.05 2 2 3
Brown 0.13 0.05 2 2 4"

read.table(text=m,h=T)