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CoTiMA

Continuous Time Meta-Analysis ('CoTiMA')

v1.0.2 · Aug 22, 2025 · GPL-3

Description

The 'CoTiMA' package performs meta-analyses of correlation matrices of repeatedly measured variables taken from studies that used different time intervals. Different time intervals between measurement occasions impose problems for meta-analyses because the effects (e.g. cross-lagged effects) cannot be simply aggregated, for example, by means of common fixed or random effects analysis. However, continuous time math, which is applied in 'CoTiMA', can be used to extrapolate or intrapolate the results from all studies to any desired time lag. By this, effects obtained in studies that used different time intervals can be meta-analyzed. 'CoTiMA' fits models to empirical data using the structural equation model (SEM) package 'ctsem', the effects specified in a SEM are related to parameters that are not directly included in the model (i.e., continuous time parameters; together, they represent the continuous time structural equation model, CTSEM). Statistical model comparisons and significance tests are then performed on the continuous time parameter estimates. 'CoTiMA' also allows analysis of publication bias (Egger's test, PET-PEESE estimates, zcurve analysis etc.) and analysis of statistical power (post hoc power, required sample sizes). See Dormann, C., Guthier, C., & Cortina, J. M. (2019) <doi:10.1177/1094428119847277>. and Guthier, C., Dormann, C., & Voelkle, M. C. (2020) <doi:10.1037/bul0000304>.

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Code

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Lines of code

21,643

Files

328

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 17,034 (78.7%)Docs 4,609 (21.3%)

API

Exported functions

26

Internal functions

10

Recent export changes

v1.0.2+3 ctmaGenData, ctmaMMtoCINT, ctmaOTL
v0.7.0+4 ctmaLCS, ctmaPlotCtsemMod, ctmaRedHet +1 more

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92.3%

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50%

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100%

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Min R version

3.5.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

11

First release

2021-03-11

Latest release

2025-08-22

Avg cadence

82 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

15

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v0.3.6: 11,724 LOCv0.3.9: 12,026 LOCv0.4.0: 12,029 LOCv0.4.3: 12,516 LOCv0.4.4: 12,499 LOCv0.5.2: 13,062 LOCv0.5.4: 13,273 LOCv0.6.2: 15,225 LOCv0.7.0: 19,289 LOCv0.8.0: 19,642 LOCv1.0.2: 21,643 LOC

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies OpenMx ctsem lavaan foreach Matrix MBESS crayon psych doParallel rootSolve abind RPushbullet openxlsx zcurve scholar +2 more dependencies CoTiMA

Version History

12 tracked
new 1.0.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.2 ← 0.8.0 diff Aug 21, 2025
updated 0.8.0 ← 0.7.0 diff Apr 24, 2024
updated 0.7.0 ← 0.6.2 diff Dec 15, 2023
updated 0.6.2 ← 0.5.4 diff Nov 7, 2022
updated 0.5.4 ← 0.5.2 diff Jan 19, 2022
updated 0.5.2 ← 0.4.4 diff Dec 8, 2021
updated 0.4.4 ← 0.4.3 diff Oct 11, 2021
updated 0.4.3 ← 0.4.0 diff Sep 2, 2021
updated 0.4.0 ← 0.3.9 diff May 19, 2021
updated 0.3.9 ← 0.3.6 diff Apr 18, 2021
new 0.3.6 Mar 10, 2021