ci                   package:meta                   R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Calculation of confidence intervals; based on normal
     approximation.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     ci(TE, seTE, level=0.95)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

      TE: Estimated treatment effect.

    seTE: Standard error of treatment estimate.

   level: The confidence level required.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     List with components 

      TE: Estimated treatment effect.

    seTE: Standard error of treatment estimate.

   lower: Lower confidence limits.

   upper: Upper confidence limits.

  zscore: Test statistic.

       p: P-value of test with null hypothesis 'TE=0'.

   level: The confidence level required.

_N_o_t_e:

     This function is primarily called from other functions of the
     library 'meta', e.g. 'plot.meta', 'summary.meta'.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Guido Schwarzer sc@imbi.uni-freiburg.de

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     as.data.frame(ci(170, 10))
     as.data.frame(ci(170, 10, 0.99))

