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- | ==== April 25th, 2021: Better Degrees of Freedom Calculation | + | ==== 2023-09-27: Version 4.4-0 Released on CRAN ==== |
- | In random/mixed-effects | + | A new version of the metafor package has been released on CRAN. Some of the more important/interesting updates to the package include: |
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+ | * The older (convoluted) way of setting some package options has been replaced by two functions, '' | ||
+ | * The '' | ||
+ | * The theming of all plots (based on the foreground and background colors of the plotting device) has been further improved. Within RStudio, plot 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 that unintentionally break a particular plotting function are now automatically detected. | ||
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+ | ==== 2023-08-13: Dynamic Plot Colors Based on the RStudio Theme ==== | ||
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+ | 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 '' | ||
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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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+ | The default setting ('' | ||
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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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+ | <code rsplus> | ||
+ | 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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+ | {{news: | ||
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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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+ | {{news:sunshine.jpg? | ||
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+ | Such an awesome [[https:// | ||
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+ | Finally, aside from a few other improvements (e.g., functions that issue a warning when omitting studies due to NAs now indicate how many were omitted), the '' | ||
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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 | ||
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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/ | ||
- | The Knapp-Hartung method cannot be directly generalized to more complex models as can be fitted with the [[https:// |
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