Sensitivity Analyses for Unmeasured Confounding and Other Biases in Observational Studies and Meta-Analyses

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Documentation for package ‘EValue’ version 4.1.3

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

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bias_plot	Plot bias factor as function of confounding relative risks
confounded_meta	Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounding in meta-analyses
confounding	Unmeasured confounding
convert_measures	Convert an effect measure
effect_measures	Declare an effect measure
evalue	Compute an E-value for unmeasured confounding
evalues.HR	Compute E-value for a hazard ratio and its confidence interval limits
evalues.IC	Compute an E-value for unmeasured confounding for an additive interaction contrast
evalues.MD	Compute E-value for a difference of means and its confidence interval limits
evalues.OLS	Compute E-value for a linear regression coefficient estimate
evalues.OR	Compute E-value for an odds ratio and its confidence interval limits
evalues.RD	Compute E-value for a population-standardized risk difference and its confidence interval limits
evalues.RR	Compute E-value for a risk ratio or rate ratio and its confidence interval limits
HR	Declare an effect measure
lead	An example dataset
MD	Declare an effect measure
misclassification	Misclassification
multi_bias	Create a set of biases for a multi-bias sensitivity analysis
multi_bound	Calculate a bound for the bias
multi_evalue	Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.HR	Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.OR	Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
multi_evalues.RR	Calculate a multiple-bias E-value
OLS	Declare an effect measure
OR	Declare an effect measure
RD	Declare an effect measure
RR	Declare an effect measure
selection	Selection bias
selection_evalue	Compute selection bias E-value for a hazard ratio and its confidence interval limits
sens_plot	Plots for sensitivity analyses
soyMeta	A meta-analysis on soy intake and breast cancer risk (Trock et al., 2006)
svalues.HR	Compute selection bias E-value for an estimate and its confidence interval limits
svalues.OR	Compute selection bias E-value for an odds ratio and its confidence interval limits
svalues.RR	Compute selection bias E-value for a risk ratio or rate ratio and its confidence interval limits
toMD	Convert an effect measure
toRR	Convert an effect measure
toyMeta	An example meta-analysis
twoXtwoRR	Estimate risk ratio and compute CI limits from two-by-two table