install.packages(c("metafor","compute.es","ggplot2","dplyr","reshape2","broom","tidyr"))
install.packages('installr')
require('installr')
updateR()
update.packages()
Throughout this course we will use data from NCEAS
You can download the data directly or download using the R code included in the exercises.
Day 1: Calculating effect sizes
Day 2: Hierarchical meta-analytical models
Day 3: Assumptions and biases
Day 4: Confounding effects and extra tricks
There is also a quick tutorial on how to build a phylogeny
General reference for how to implement meta-analysis in R: metafor’s website
New R packages for extracting summary data from figures digitize
ImageJ: open-source software for extracting summary data from figures ImageJ