StudySet Class

An S7 class for representing a collection of studies for evidence synthesis (meta-analysis, indirect comparison, network meta-analysis).

Usage

StudySet(
  studies = list(),
  endpoint = NULL,
  comparison_type = "direct",
  common_comparator = NULL,
  characteristics = NULL,
  metadata = list()
)

Arguments

studies

List of Study objects

endpoint

Endpoint object being synthesized

comparison_type

Type of comparison: "direct", "indirect", "network"

common_comparator

Common comparator for indirect/network comparisons

characteristics

Data frame of study-level characteristics (optional, NULL by default)

metadata

List of additional metadata

Value

A StudySet object

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
study_set <- StudySet(
  studies = list(study1, study2, study3),
  endpoint = os_endpoint,
  comparison_type = "direct"
)
} # }