Sensitivity and Identification for the Bayesian Meta-Analysis

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Documentation for package ‘si4bayesmeta’ version 0.1-1

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si4bayesmeta-package Sensitivity and Identification for the Bayesian Meta-Analysis
BC_normal_m1m0 Bhattacharyya coefficient between two normal densities: the location modification
BC_normal_sd1sd0 Bhattacharyya coefficient between two normal densities: the spread modification
BC_normal_total Bhattacharyya coefficient between two normal densities
d2BC The second derivative of the Bhattacharyya coefficient
d2BC_S_I_HC_raw Sensitivity and Identification measure expressed by the second derivative of the Bhattacharyya coefficient for a Bayesian NNHM with a HC heterogeneity prior
d2BC_S_I_HN_raw Sensitivity and Identification measure expressed by the second derivative of the Bhattacharyya coefficient for a Bayesian NNHM with a HN heterogeneity prior
descr_extract Extraction of descriptive statistics from a bayesmeta object
h2Nmuh1N01 Calibration of the Hellinger distance
HC_A0_2_Al_Au Epsilon-grid for a HC heterogeneity prior
HN_A0_2_Al_Au Epsilon-grid for a HN heterogeneity prior
h_choice_all The choice of the numerical 'h' step value for RLMC perturbations
median_rlmc Median RLMC
Nmuh1N012h Hellinger distance between normal and standard normal densities
pri_par_adjust_HC RLMC-based adjustment of the scale parameter for a HC distribution
pri_par_adjust_HN RLMC-based adjustment of the scale parameter for a HN distribution
raw_estimates_HC Raw estimates for the Bayesian meta-analysis expressed by a Bayesian NNHM with a HC heterogeneity prior
raw_estimates_HN Raw estimates for the Bayesian meta-analysis expressed by a Bayesian NNHM with a HN heterogeneity prior
rlmc_scaling_low RLMC adjusted scaling of the study-specific within-study standard deviation in the likelihood: reduced impact of observations
rlmc_scaling_up RLMC adjusted scaling of the study-specific within-study standard deviation in the likelihood: increased impact of observations
si4bayesmeta Sensitivity and Identification for the Bayesian Meta-Analysis
sigma_ref Reference within-study standard deviation