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[R-meta] predictors of longitudinal outcomes

Dear Catia,

Wouldn't it be more straightforward to address such research questions 
using meta-analytic structural equation modeling? One could connect 
antecedents (e.g., gender, SES) with skills at T2 or even T3 if there 
are some studies with multiple measurement occasions. One could also 
compare different models to examine the relevance of specific predictors.


Some resources in case you're not familiar with this approach:

Shiny app: https://sjak.shinyapps.io/webMASEM/

Video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-CdNLa_eo

Article: Jak, S., Li, H., Kolbe, L., de Jonge, H., & Cheung, M. W. L. 
(2021). Meta?analytic structural equation modeling made easy: A tutorial 
and web application for one?stage MASEM. Research synthesis methods, 
12(5), 590-606. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1498

The shiny app is based on the metaSEM package, which enables further 
analyses within R: 
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/metaSEM/vignettes/Examples.html



Best,
Lukasz