Within-Group Standard Deviation for Matched Groups

Computes the within-group standard deviation for matched groups. This within-group standard deviation can be used to calculate standardized mean differences for matched groups. This method requires a correlation coefficient r.

Standard deviation of the difference
Correlation between pair of observations
Within Study Result

Result

Function References

Borenstein, M., Hedges, L.V., Higgins, J.P.T. and Rothstein, H.R. (2009). Effect Sizes Based on Means . In Introduction to Meta-Analysis (eds M. Borenstein, L.V. Hedges, J.P.T. Higgins and H.R. Rothstein). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470743386.ch4

How to Cite

Emprechtinger, R., Schwarzer, G., Tölch, U., Schreder, G., & Gartlehner, G. (2025). Assessing the effectiveness of metaHelper: A randomized controlled trial of a web application and R package to streamline statistical transformations in meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 179, 111640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111640