Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics (IMBI)

The following R packages available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) are utilised in the book: 

• mada (version 0.5.6)
• meta (version 4.0-2)
• metafor (version 1.9-5)
• metasens (version 0.2-0)
• mvmeta (version 0.4.5)
• netmeta (version 0.6-0)
• rmeta (version 2.16)
• ellipse (version 0.3-8)

Note, version numbers of R packages printed above refer to those utilised in the book. These version numbers will change over time due to updates of R packages (which may for example affect the printout of R functions).

You can use the following R commands to install the latest version of these R packages:

• pkgs <- c("mada", "meta", "metafor", "metasens", "mvmeta", "netmeta", "rmeta", "ellipse") install.packages(pkgs, repos="http://cran.rstudio.com/")