R Observatory: Metrics for metaConvert version 2.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

metaConvert

2.0.0Package record

An Automatic Suite for Estimation of Various Effect Size Measures

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8Kdownloads / year

50.1%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Corentin J. GoslingCRAN page ↗

Automatically estimate 14 effect size measures from a well-formatted dataset, including Cohen's d, Hedges' g, mean difference, odds ratio, risk ratio, incidence rate ratio, risk difference, number needed to treat, Pearson correlation, Fisher's z, Cronbach's alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient, and single-group proportion. Provides a two-tier quality-flag diagnostic system for input validation and post-computation plausibility checks, missing-data guidance that tells users which columns would unlock additional estimators, post-hoc correction for attenuation due to measurement error, and standalone psychometric utilities (standard error of measurement, smallest detectable change, change-score reliability). Various other functions can help, for example, removing dependency between several effect sizes, or identifying differences between two datasets. This package is mainly designed to assist in conducting a systematic review with a meta-analysis but can be useful to any researcher interested in estimating an effect size.

Changes in 2.0.0

Implemented the metaDETECT framework of automated checks
Added new effect size measures
Added psychometric and regression effect size conversions
Added a guidance system in summary() ('guidance' argument) that indicates which columns are missing when an effect size cannot be estimated
A few other improvements in various functions

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("metaConvert", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-metaconvert

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-metaConvert

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-metaConvert

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

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Slowest check: 9.8 min · r-release-macos-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-07-21
NOTE11 OK, 2 NOTE2026-06-09
ERROR10 OK, 2 NOTE, 1 ERROR2026-06-08

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NOTE12 OK, 2 NOTE2026-03-10

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Documentation

In release 2.0.0

READMEYes · 238 wordsVignettesYes · 2 · dynamicNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 2.0.0Citation fileYes · software entry onlyWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 111includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 100%105 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 79%

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8K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #5,185 · ~22/day · ~665/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

19 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing metaConvert adds 78 packages (39 with compiled code, 62 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: stringi 11 MB, data.table 5.7 MB, bslib 5.6 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (4)

compareDF metafor estimraw rio

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none

Suggests (16)

testthat metaumbrella TOSTER esc epiR compute.es meta effectsize MetaUtilityMASSmvtnorm psych psychmeta knitr DT rmarkdown

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Corentin J. Gosling

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.0 (2024)

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2.0.0Latest
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2026-07-20 · current release · diff ↗ ·
added 26 exports
compute_sdc, compute_sem, es_disattenuate, es_from_cronbach_alpha, es_from_icc, es_from_linreg_b_ci, es_from_linreg_b_pval, es_from_linreg_b_se, es_from_linreg_t, es_from_logreg_t, es_from_mean_change_ci_single_group, es_from_mean_change_pval_single_group, es_from_mean_change_sd_single_group, es_from_mean_change_se_single_group, es_from_means_ci_pre_post_single_group, es_from_means_sd_pre_post_single_group, es_from_means_se_pre_post_single_group, es_from_paired_t_single_group, es_from_prop_single_group, es_from_prop_single_group_counts, es_from_rd_ci, es_from_rd_pval, es_from_rd_se, es_from_spearman_rho, pool_arms, reliability_change_score
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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2024-02-29
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21

Package metadata

First published: 2024-02-29
Total releases: 5 / 2 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 16 KB / 5 files
Download size: 608 KB

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for metaConvert version 2.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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