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[R-meta] meta analysis with standard deviation or standard errors

Dear Martin,


I am not sure whether I understand you correctly, but I see the 
following cases:

 1. You have pre-post changes (differences) with sd (or se) of these
    changes -> you can use these for pooling
 2. You have pre values and post values and their intra-individual
    correlations (not frequently the case) -> you can use the
    correlations to calculate the sd/se for the differences (and then
    pool as in case 1)
 3. You have pre values and post values, but no correlations and no sd
    or se for the differences -> you might impute a correlation and
    proceed as in case 2
 4. You can also mix pre-post changes and post values, but only for mean
    differences, not for standardized mean differences, see Cochrane
    Handbook
    https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-10#section-10-5-2

Best,

Gerta



Am 22.04.2020 um 14:30 schrieb Martin Lobo: