Meta-analysis for Family Therapy

Forest Plot

Forest plot presenting data from each study as well as the overall, random effects aggregate estimate.

Key Statistics

Key parameter estimates from a random effects meta-analysis using Restricted-Maximum Likelihood (REML) estimation. All analyses were performed using the metafor package available for R (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/metafor/index.html). Additional information from the analysis is available on the 'Metafor Output' tab.

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This tab provides the R output in raw form. This application uses the metafor package to perform the analyses.

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Choose which dataset to view. The default is the analysis dataset. That is, the dataset used for the meta-analysis. If you would like to see the entire dataset, click on 'Full Dataset'.

Analysis Dataset

Full Dataset

Effect sizes were calculated using means, standard deviations, and sample sizes when that information was avialable. When that information was not available, we used the methods outlined in Shadish, W. R., Robinson, L., & Lu, C. (1999). ES: A computer program and manual for effect size calculation. Minneapolis, MN: Assessment Systems.

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