catmap.funnel {catmap}R Documentation

Funnel Plots for catmap

Description

catmap.funnel creates a funnel plot of the individual ORs against the se and saves the file to the current working directory (use getwd() to view). The plots are not created in the R Graphics device.

Usage

catmap.funnel(catmapobject, funnel) 

Arguments

catmapobject The catmap object created by a previous call to catmap
funnel Logical. Should a funnel plot be produced? Funnel plots plot standard error of the log ORs against the ORs along with a solid line at 1.0 and a dotted line at the overall pooled OR. Used to assess publication bias. Output plot file is saved with the default name of dataset.funnel.plot.pdf where dataset is the name of the file given as the first argument to catmap.

Details

catmap.funnel creates a .pdf file of the funnel plot. Plots are not created in the R Graphics device window, but are instead saved to a .pdf file in the current working directory.

Author(s)

Kristin K. Nicodemus, kristin.nicodemus@well.ox.ac.uk

See Also

catmap, catmap.sense, catmap.cumulative, catmap.forest.

Examples

## Not run: 
data(catmapdata)        
catmapobject1<-catmap(catmapdata, 0.95, TRUE)
catmap.funnel(catmapobject1, TRUE)
## End(Not run)

[Package catmap version 1.5 Index]