combineSubgroups {biostatUZH}R Documentation

Combines summary data across subgroups

Description

Combines summary data for a continuous outcome given in subgroups

Usage

combineSubgroups(n, means, variances, treatment)

Arguments

n

vector with sample sizes in each subgroup.

means

vector with sample means

variances

vector with sample variances

treatment

Indicates which entries of each vector belong to the treatment group

Value

Gives overall difference in means with a standard error.

Author(s)

Leonhard Held

Examples

combineSubgroups(n=c(10,20,30,40), means=c(12,11,10,9),
variances=c(3,4,3,4), treatment=c(2,4)) 

[Package biostatUZH version 1.8.0 Index]