metaSEM: an R package for meta-analysis using structural equation modeling

The metaSEM package provides functions to conduct univariate, multivariate, and three-level meta-analyses using a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach via the OpenMx package in the R statistical platform. It also implements the two-stage SEM approach to conducting fixed- and random-effects me...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2015-01, Vol.5, p.1521-1521
Main Author: Cheung, Mike W-L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Meta-analysis
Meta-analytic structural equation modeling
metaSEM
Psychology
Structural Equation Modeling
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Summary:The metaSEM package provides functions to conduct univariate, multivariate, and three-level meta-analyses using a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach via the OpenMx package in the R statistical platform. It also implements the two-stage SEM approach to conducting fixed- and random-effects meta-analytic SEM on correlation or covariance matrices. This paper briefly outlines the theories and their implementations. It provides a summary on how meta-analyses can be formulated as structural equation models. The paper closes with a conclusion on several relevant topics to this SEM-based meta-analysis. Several examples are used to illustrate the procedures in the supplementary material.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01521