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+ | ===== Older Package Updates ===== | ||
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+ | Older updates of the metafor package are archived on this page. More recent updates can be found [[updates|here]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Version 1.9-7 (2015-05-22) ==== | ||
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+ | * default optimizer for '' | ||
+ | * all tests have been updated in accordance with the recommended syntax of the '' | ||
+ | * changed a few '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-6 (2015-05-07) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * corrected some axis labels in various plots when '' | ||
+ | * axes in '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * in case removal of a row of data would lead to one or more inestimable model coefficients, | ||
+ | * for models with moderators, the '' | ||
+ | * if there is only one fixed effect (model coefficient) in the model, the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added own function for computing/ | ||
+ | * element '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * metafor now depends on at least version 3.1.0 of R | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-5 (2014-11-24) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * moved the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * argument '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * corrected some missing/ | ||
+ | * most '' | ||
+ | * some non-visible changes including more use of some (non-exported) helper functions for common tasks | ||
+ | * dataset '' | ||
+ | * oh, and guess what? I updated the documentation ... | ||
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+ | ==== Version 1.9-4 (2014-07-30) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * when the model was fitted with '' | ||
+ | * slight improvements in how the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the last update introduced an error in how hat values were computed when the model was fitted with the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * more optimizers are now available for the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * argument '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * fixed the omitted offset term in the underlying model fitted by the '' | ||
+ | * added two new datasets ('' | ||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * package now uses '' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation (do I still need to mention this every time?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-3 (2014-05-05) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * some minor tweaks to '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * better handling of mismatched length of '' | ||
+ | * subsetting is now handled as early as possible within functions with subsetting capabilities; | ||
+ | * some general tweaks to '' | ||
+ | * argument '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added five new datasets ('' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * the various '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * slight improvement to '' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * computations in '' | ||
+ | * unnecessary warnings in '' | ||
+ | * in '' | ||
+ | * argument '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added measures ''" | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * for '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * for '' | ||
+ | * automated testing using the '' | ||
+ | * encoding changed to UTF-8 (to use ' | ||
+ | * guess what? some improvements to the documentation! (also combined some of the help files to reduce the size of the manual a bit; and yes, it's still way too big) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-2 (2013-10-07) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * added the AICc to the information criteria computed by the various model fitting functions | ||
+ | * if the value of tau^2 is fixed by the user via the corresponding argument in '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * for '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * a bit of code reorganization (should be user transparent) | ||
+ | * vignettes ('' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation (as always) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-1 (2013-07-20) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * when analyzing incidence rate ratios ('' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * renamed elements '' | ||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * for models with an intercept and moderators, '' | ||
+ | * in '' | ||
+ | * a few more error checks here and there for misspecified arguments | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.9-0 (2013-06-21) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * vignette renamed to ' | ||
+ | * added a diagram to the documentation, | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the pseudo R^2 statistic is now automatically calculated by the '' | ||
+ | * component '' | ||
+ | * added function '' | ||
+ | * added new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * fixed missing x-axis labels in the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * computation of Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel statistic in '' | ||
+ | * some internal improvements with respect to object attributes that were getting discarded when subsetting | ||
+ | * some general code cleanup | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.8-0 (2013-04-11) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added additional clarifications about the change score outcome measures (''" | ||
+ | * sampling variance for the biserial correlation coefficient (''" | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * argument '' | ||
+ | * labeling of the axes in '' | ||
+ | * added two new datasets ('' | ||
+ | * added a new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * test for heterogeneity is now conducted by the '' | ||
+ | * in '' | ||
+ | * the standard errors of the HS and DL estimators of tau^2 are now correctly computed when tau^2 is prespecified by the user in the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * I^2 and H^2 statistics are now also calculated for mixed-effects models by the '' | ||
+ | * various '' | ||
+ | * slight changes in wording in the output produced by the '' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.7-0 (2013-02-06) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added several method functions for objects of class '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * objects generated by the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added a few additional arguments to the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * the ''" | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * added the ''" | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * added ''" | ||
+ | * corrected a small mistake in the equation used to compute the sampling variance of the phi coefficient ('' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * prediction interval in '' | ||
+ | * completely rewrote the '' | ||
+ | * removed the '' | ||
+ | * added switch so that '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * more flexible handling of the '' | ||
+ | * forest functions now use '' | ||
+ | * studies that are considered to be ' | ||
+ | * added additional extractor functions for some of the influence measures (i.e., '' | ||
+ | * better handling of missing values in some unusual situations | ||
+ | * corrected small bug in '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added proper '' | ||
+ | * when '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the restricted maximum likelihood (REML) is now calculated using the full likelihood equation (without leaving out additive constants) | ||
+ | * the model deviance is now calculated as -2 times the difference between the model log-likelihood and the log-likelihood under the saturated model (this is a more appropriate definition of the deviance than just taking -2 times the model log-likelihood) | ||
+ | * naming scheme of illustrative datasets bundled with the package has been changed; now datasets are called ''< | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * but '' | ||
+ | * added new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * added new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * added new datasets ('' | ||
+ | * (approximate) standard error of the tau^2 estimate is now computed and shown for most of the (residual) heterogeneity estimators | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * the package code is now byte-compiled, | ||
+ | * some general code cleanup | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.6-0 (2011-04-13) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * added the (log transformed) ratio of means as a possible outcome measure to the '' | ||
+ | * added new dataset ('' | ||
+ | * some additional error checking in the various forest functions (especially when using the '' | ||
+ | * argument) | ||
+ | * in '' | ||
+ | * slight change to '' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.5-0 (2010-12-16) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * added the incidence rate for a single group and for two groups (and transformations thereof) as possible outcome measures to the '' | ||
+ | * added the incidence rate ratio as a possible outcome measure to the '' | ||
+ | * added transformation functions related to incidence rates | ||
+ | * added the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation and its inverse to the transformation functions | ||
+ | * added some additional error checking for out-of-range p-values in the '' | ||
+ | * added some additional checking for out-of-range values in several transformation functions | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added new datasets ('' | ||
+ | * some improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.4-0 (2010-07-30) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * the package has now been published in the Journal of Statistical Software ([[https:// | ||
+ | * added citation info; see: '' | ||
+ | * metafor package now depends on nlme package | ||
+ | * added extractor functions for the AIC, BIC, and deviance | ||
+ | * some updates to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.3-0 (2010-06-25) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * metafor package now depends on Formula package | ||
+ | * made '' | ||
+ | * added the (inverse) arcsine transformation to the set of transformation functions | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.2-0 (2010-05-18) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * cases where k is very small (e.g., k equal to 1 or 2) are now handled more gracefully | ||
+ | * added sanity check for cases where all observed outcomes are equal to each other (this led to division by zero when using the Knapp & Hartung method) | ||
+ | * the " | ||
+ | * the '' | ||
+ | * made some general improvements to the various forest plot functions making them more flexible in particular when creating more complex displays; most importantly, | ||
+ | * some additional examples have been added to the help files for the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.1-0 (2010-04-28) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * slightly improved the code to set the x-axis title in the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * implemented a smarter way to set the number of iterations for permutation tests (i.e., the '' | ||
+ | * changed the way how p-values for individual coefficients are calculated in '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * slight improvements to the various transformation functions to cope better with some extreme cases | ||
+ | * p-values are now calculated in such a way that very small p-values stored in fitted model objects are no longer truncated to 0 (the printed results are still truncated depending on the number of digits specified) | ||
+ | * changed the default number of iterations for the ML, REML, and EB estimators from 50 to 100 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 1.0-1 (2010-02-02) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * version jump in conjunction with the upcoming publication of a paper in the Journal of Statistical Software describing the package | ||
+ | * instead of specifying a model matrix, the user can now specify a model formula for the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * information about the measure used is now passed on to the '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * functions now properly handle the na.action ''" | ||
+ | * added method for '' | ||
+ | * some small improvements to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-7 (2009-12-06) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added some checks for values below machine precision | ||
+ | * a bit of code reorganization (nothing that affects how the functions work) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-6 (2009-10-19) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * small changes to the computation of the DFFITS and DFBETAS values in the '' | ||
+ | * added option to the plot function for objects returned by '' | ||
+ | * slight adjustments to various '' | ||
+ | * added a control option to '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-5 (2009-10-08) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added the phi coefficient ('' | ||
+ | * forest plots now order the studies so that the first study is at the top of the plot and the last study at the bottom (the order can still be set with the '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added option to '' | ||
+ | * some internal changes to the class and methods names | ||
+ | * some small corrections to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-4 (2009-09-18) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * corrected the '' | ||
+ | * improvements to various print functions | ||
+ | * added a '' | ||
+ | * made '' | ||
+ | * added '' | ||
+ | * added the Orwin and Rosenberg approaches to '' | ||
+ | * added H^2 measure to the output for random-effects models | ||
+ | * in '' | ||
+ | * some small corrections to the documentation | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-3 (2009-07-31) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * small changes to some of the examples | ||
+ | * added the log transformed proportion ('' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-2 (2009-07-06) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * added an option in '' | ||
+ | * thanks to Jim Lemon, added a much better method of adjusting the size of the labels, annotations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-1 (2009-06-14) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * made some small changes to the documentation (some typos corrected, some confusing points clarified) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Version 0.5-0 (2009-06-05) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * first version released on CRAN | ||
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