st: New package -metaparm- on SSC

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Hello All

Thanks to Kit Baum, there is now a new package -metaparm- available for 
download from SSC. In Stata 8, use the -ssc- command to download it.

-metaparm- is described as below on my website, and is intended for use 
with -parmest- and -eclplot- (also downloadable from SSC). I would like to 
thank Jill Starkes and Lee Sieswerda of Thunder Bay District Health Unit 
for drawing my attention to the example of the delta method used to 
calculate the confidence intervals displayed (but not saved) by -svytab-, 
which I have used as an example in the online help for -metaparm-.

Best wishes

Roger


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package metaparm from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata8
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TITLE
      metaparm: Meta-analysis and transformations using parmest resultssets

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)

      The metaparm package contains two resultsset-processing programs, 
parmcip
      and metaparm, for use with parmest resultssets. metaparm inputs a 
dataset
      in memory with one observation per parameter and variables containing
      estimates, standard errors and (optionally) degrees of freedom, and 
creates
      an output dataset with one observation, or one observation per 
by-group, and
      data on estimates, standard errors, z- or t-statistics, P-values and
      confidence limits for a linear combination (weighted sum) of the input
      parameters, assuming that the input parameters are estimated 
independently
      for different sub-populations.  The output dataset can be listed to 
the Stata
      log, saved to a disk file, or written to memory, overwriting the 
existing
      dataset. metaparm is useful for meta-analyses and for calculating 
confidence
      intervals and P-values for differences or ratios between parameters for
      different subpopulations.  parmcip inputs a dataset in memory with one
      observation per parameter and variables containing parameter estimates,
      standard errors and (optionally) degrees of freedom, and adds new 
variables
      to the dataset, containing the confidence limits, z- or t-statistics,
      P-values, and (optionally) stars for P-values.  parmcip is useful if 
the user
      requires confidence intervals for a transformation of the original
      parameters.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 09november2004
      Stata-Version: 8

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      metaparm.ado
      metaparm.hlp
      parmcip.ado
      parmcip.hlp
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Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
King's College London
5th Floor, Capital House
42 Weston Street
London SE1 3QD
United Kingdom

Tel: 020 7848 6648 International +44 20 7848 6648
Fax: 020 7848 6620 International +44 20 7848 6620
  or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson

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