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- | ===== Package News for 2023 ===== | + | ===== Package News ===== |
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- | ==== 2023-09-27: Version 4.4-0 Released on CRAN ==== | + | ==== 2024-03-28: Version 4.6-0 Released on CRAN ==== |
- | A new version of the metafor package has been released on CRAN. Some of the more important/ | + | A new version of the metafor package has been released on CRAN. This update occurred a bit sooner than originally planned, but there were two minor issues that flagged metafor as requiring an update as otherwise it would have been archived on CRAN, which would have led to some unpleasant consequences for other packages that depend on metafor. So an update needed to be pushed out relatively quickly. |
- | * The older (convoluted) way of setting some package options has been replaced by two functions, '' | + | The issues themselves were easy to fix. The first was a very minor formatting oversight in one of the help files. The second issue was the result |
- | * The '' | + | |
- | * The theming of all plots (based on the foreground and background colors | + | |
- | * The various '' | + | |
- | * The '' | + | |
- | * Two new measures have been added to '' | + | |
- | * For measures ''" | + | |
- | * The suite of automated package tests now also includes automated visual comparison tests of plots. Therefore, any changes I make to the package | + | |
- | The full changelog can be found [[:updates#version_44-0_2023-09-27|here]]. | + | The update itself took a bit longer (prompting a few well-deserved reminders from the CRAN team) due to other work-related responsibilities, |
- | ==== 2023-08-13: Dynamic Plot Colors Based on the RStudio Theme ==== | + | First of all, I have finally added effect sizes measures for computing the standardized mean change using raw score standardization with pooled standard deviations to the '' |
- | I am quite excited about a new feature that will be part of the upcoming version of the metafor package. The package now creates all plots in such a way that (if one sets '' | + | Second, |
- | {{news: | + | Furthermore, by setting |
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- | This creates a more pleasing experience when working interactively with RStudio, but could also be useful when creating presentations that do not use a white background. | + | |
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- | ==== 2023-05-08: Version 4.2-0 Released on CRAN ==== | + | |
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- | I made a relatively quick release of another version of the package. There were a few minor little buglets that annoyed me that I wanted to get rid of right away. Along the way, I made some improvements to various plotting functions. In particular, the various '' | + | |
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- | Also, the various plotting functions now respect '' | + | |
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- | But if we set up the plotting device like this: | + | |
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- | bg <- " | + | |
- | fg <- " | + | |
- | dev.new(canvas=bg) | + | |
- | par(fg=fg, bg=bg, col=fg, col.axis=fg, | + | |
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- | then the resulting plots look like this: | + | |
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- | So in case you prefer a dark mode for your IDE/editor, opening a plot in this manner no longer feels like starring directly into the sun. | + | |
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- | Such an awesome [[https:// | + | |
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- | Finally, aside from a few other improvements (e.g., functions | + | |
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- | The full changelog can be found [[: | + | |
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- | ==== 2023-03-19: Version 4.0-0 Released on CRAN ==== | + | |
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- | I am excited to announce the official (i.e., CRAN) release of version 4.0-0 of the metafor package. This will be the 30th update to the package after its initial release in 2009. Since then, the package has grown from a measly 4460 lines of code / 60 functions / 76 pages of documentation to a respectable 36879 lines of code / 330 functions / 347 pages of documentation. Aside from a few improvements related to modeling (e.g., the '' | + | |
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- | In particular, the '' | + | |
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- | Finally, there are now several functions in the package that facilitate the construction of the dataset for a meta-analysis more generally. The '' | + | |
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- | If you come across any issues/ | + | |
+ | Finally, per request, it is now also possible to pass the observed p-values of the studies to the function directly via the '' |
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