Package: MAIVE
Type: Package
Title: Meta Analysis Instrumental Variable Estimator
Encoding: UTF-8
Version: 0.5.0
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
URL: https://meta-analysis.cz/maive/, https://github.com/PetrCala/MAIVE
BugReports: https://github.com/PetrCala/MAIVE/issues
Authors@R: 
    c(
        person(given = "Zuzana", family = "Irsova",
               role = "aut",
               comment = c(affiliation = "Charles University, Prague")),
        person(given = "Pedro R. D.", family = "Bom",
               role = "aut",
               comment = c(affiliation = "University of Deusto, Bilbao")),
        person(given = "Tomas", family = "Havranek",
               role = "aut",
               comment = c(affiliation = "Charles University, Prague; CEPR, London; METRICS, Stanford")),
        person(given = "Heiko", family = "Rachinger",
               role = c("aut"),
               comment = c(affiliation = "University of the Balearic Islands, Palma")),
        person(given = "Petr", family = "Cala",
               email = "cala.p@seznam.cz",
               role = c("aut", "cre"),
               comment = c(affiliation = "Charles University, Prague"))
    )
Description: Meta-analysis traditionally assigns more weight to studies
        with lower standard errors, assuming higher precision. However,
        in observational research, precision must be estimated and is
        vulnerable to manipulation, such as p-hacking, to achieve
        statistical significance. This can lead to spurious precision,
        invalidating inverse-variance weighting and bias-correction
        methods like funnel plots. Common methods for addressing
        publication bias, including selection models, often fail or
        exacerbate the problem. This package introduces an instrumental
        variable approach to limit bias caused by spurious precision in
        meta-analysis. Methods are described in 'Irsova et al.' (2025)
        <doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63261-0>.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Depends: R (>= 4.0.0)
Imports: stats, cli, clubSandwich
Suggests: testthat, knitr, rmarkdown, varhandle, metafor, dplyr
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Repository: https://petrcala.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-09-14 13:20:00 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/petrcala/maive
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 7875325404008a7f94233d7af8ed81fd2f0c467a
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-10-14 11:19:23 UTC; root
Author: Zuzana Irsova [aut] (affiliation: Charles University, Prague),
  Pedro R. D. Bom [aut] (affiliation: University of Deusto, Bilbao),
  Tomas Havranek [aut] (affiliation: Charles University, Prague; CEPR,
    London; METRICS, Stanford),
  Heiko Rachinger [aut] (affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands,
    Palma),
  Petr Cala [aut, cre] (affiliation: Charles University, Prague)
Maintainer: Petr Cala <cala.p@seznam.cz>