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An S7 class for storing Bayesian meta-analysis results for few studies.

Usage

BayesianMetaFewResult(
  posterior_summary = data.frame(),
  credible_intervals = data.frame(),
  prior_summary = data.frame(),
  few_studies_adjustment = "",
  prob_positive = 0.5,
  prob_negative = 0.5,
  heterogeneity = list(),
  tau_summary = data.frame(),
  prior_sensitivity = list(),
  model = NULL,
  n_studies = integer(0),
  effect_measure = "hr",
  metadata = list()
)

Arguments

posterior_summary

Data frame with posterior summary statistics

credible_intervals

Data frame with credible intervals

prior_summary

Data frame with prior specification summary

few_studies_adjustment

Character. Description of adjustments made for few studies

prob_positive

Numeric. Posterior probability that effect is positive

prob_negative

Numeric. Posterior probability that effect is negative

heterogeneity

List with heterogeneity statistics (tau2, I2, etc.)

tau_summary

Data frame with between-study variance summary

prior_sensitivity

List with prior sensitivity analysis results

model

The brms model object

n_studies

Integer number of studies

effect_measure

Character string for effect measure type

metadata

List of additional metadata

Value

A BayesianMetaFewResult object