robustmeta

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Robust Inference for Meta-Analysis with Influential Outlying Studies

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Maintained by Hisashi NomaFirst published 2022-07-212 releasesCRAN page ↗

Robust inference methods for fixed-effect and random-effects models of meta-analysis are implementable. The robust methods are developed using the density power divergence that is a robust estimating criterion developed in machine learning theory, and can effectively circumvent biases and misleading results caused by influential outliers. The density power divergence is originally introduced by Basu et al. (1998) doi:10.1093/biomet/85.3.549, and the meta-analysis methods are developed by Noma et al. (2022) <forthcoming>.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("robustmeta", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-robustmeta

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-robustmeta

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-robustmeta

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

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Dependencies

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1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.5.0

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Code & Tests

Code Composition

R 268 (68%)Rd 128 (32%)

Code characteristics

Cyclomatic complexity: 2.0 median / 8 max
Documented parameters: 100%

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3.8 avg / 8 max

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6 nodes / 4 edges

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People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Hisashi Noma

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Authors (3)

Hisashi Noma

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Toshi A. Furukawa

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Shonosuke Sugasawa

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Release timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
1.1-1
2022-07-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22

Package metadata

First published: 2022-07-21
Total releases: 2 / 4 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 1.2 KB / 2 files
Download size: 6.2 KB
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With dependencies: not tracked yet