meta (version 1.1-2)

ci: Calculation of confidence intervals (normal approximation)

Description

Calculation of confidence intervals; based on normal approximation.

Usage

ci(TE, seTE, level=0.95)

Arguments

TE

Estimated treatment effect.

seTE

Standard error of treatment estimate.

level

The confidence level required.

Value

• List with components
• TE
  Estimated treatment effect.
• seTE
  Standard error of treatment estimate.
• lower
  Lower confidence limits.
• upper
  Upper confidence limits.
• zscore
  Test statistic.
• p
  P-value of test with null hypothesis TE=0.
• level
  The confidence level required.

Examples

as.data.frame(ci(170, 10))
as.data.frame(ci(170, 10, 0.99))