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ABCMETAapp: R shiny application for simulation-based estimation of mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis via

Deukwoo Kwon1,2, Roopesh Reddy Sadashiva Reddy1, Isildinha M Reis1,2

  • 1Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.

Research Synthesis Methods
|June 20, 2021
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Summary

This study introduces ABCMETAapp, an R Shiny application for estimating means and standard deviations in meta-analysis when data are incomplete. It uses approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) and supports various outcome distributions for enhanced flexibility.

Keywords:
R shiny applicationapproximate Bayesian computationmeta-analysissample meansample standard deviation

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