R Observatory: Metrics for metainc version 0.2-1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

metainc

0.2-1Package record

Assessment of Inconsistency in Meta-Analysis using Decision Thresholds

0packages depend

2.3Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Bernardo Sousa-PintoCRAN page ↗

Assessment of inconsistency in meta-analysis by calculating the Decision Inconsistency index (DI) and the Across-Studies Inconsistency (ASI) index. These indices quantify inconsistency taking into account outcome-level decision thresholds.

Install

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

install.packages("metainc", 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-metainc

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-metainc

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-metainc

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

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 2.7 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-08
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

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Documentation

In release 0.2-1

READMENoVignettesNoNEWSYes · 67% structured · does not mention 0.2-1Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 11includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 70%7 run in a plain check · 3 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran)
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 45%

How these are measured

Downloads

2.3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #20,314 · ~6/day · ~194/mo

Releases R versions

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21130 days

65790 days

2.3K1 year

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How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing metainc adds 57 packages (28 with compiled code, 52 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: stringi 11 MB, ggplot2 6.0 MB, metafor 4.8 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.0.0

Imports (3)

meta ggplot2 confintr

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

metafor

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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People & History

People (5)

Bernardo Sousa-Pinto

Maintainer since 0.2-0 (2024), Author

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Package metadata

First published: 2024-02-21
Total releases: 2 / 2 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0.0
Bundled data: 412 KB / 3 files
Download size: 450 KB

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citation("metainc")

Format

Sousa-Pinto, B., Marques-Cruz, M., Schwarzer, G., Steele, J., & Vieira, R. J. (2025). metainc: Assessment of Inconsistency in Meta-Analysis using Decision Thresholds (Version 0.2-1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.metainc

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for metainc version 0.2-1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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