zadrafi/concurve

A repository for the 'concurve' R package which generates confidence distributions and likelihood functions. Includes documentation on how to do produce similar graphs for Stata.

concurve's Issues

Problem getting consonance intervals from rma.mh()

I am planning to produces consonance intervals for a meta-analysis Project. I need to use Mantel-Haenszel method to pool binary outcome. Here is an issue I ran in to.

library(metafor)
library(concurve)
#dataset from metafor
data(dat.linde2005) 
#pool binary outcomes using RR with fixed effects in linear model with rma.uni function
justsomeRR<-rma.uni(ai=ai,bi=(n1i-ai),ci=ci,di=(n2i-ci),data=dat.linde2005,measure="RR",add=0.5,digits=2,method="FE")
#get consonance intervals
metaf<-curve_meta(justsomeRR,steps=100)
#pool binary outcomes using RR based on fixed effects Mantel-Haenszel methods with rma.mh function
justsomeRR.2<-rma.mh(ai=ai,bi=(n1i-ai),ci=ci,di=(n2i-ci),data=dat.linde2005,measure="RR",add=0.5,digits=2)
#a problem with consonance intervals
metaf2<-curve_meta(justsomeRR.2,steps=100)

Concurve fails to compile on Catalina OS X

Describe the bug
install.packages("concurve")
ends with:

** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
  unable to load shared object '/Users/torkarr/Library/R/3.6/library/systemfonts/libs/systemfonts.so':
  dlopen(/Users/torkarr/Library/R/3.6/library/systemfonts/libs/systemfonts.so, 6): Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/torkarr/Library/R/3.6/library/systemfonts/libs/systemfonts.so
  Reason: image not found
Calls: <Anonymous> ... asNamespace -> loadNamespace -> library.dynam -> dyn.load
Execution halted
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘concurve’

Additional context
Running R 3.6.1 and have this installed (probably via brew):

torkarr@xyz ~ % ls /usr/local/lib/libfree*
/usr/local/lib/libfreebl.a         /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfreebl3.dylib    /usr/local/lib/libfreexl.1.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/libfreexl.a
/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.a       /usr/local/lib/libfreexl.dylib

Website is down

Can't access any of the documentation.

Concurve plots from summary statistics

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No, not a problem just out of convenience.

Describe the solution you'd like
I think the plots concurve provides are very easy to interpret and visually pleasing. However, the curves can only be created if you have the original data. For example, for the functions for compare means you have to have two "vectors" of data x & y (I assume if paired the function calculates the difference scores). I think it would be helpful if there was an option/function that produces the consonance plots from the summary statistics (preferably the mean difference and standard error). With this option, data presented in the scientific literature (where the reader most likely does not have access to the existing data) could still be visualized with consonance plots. It would also provide more flexibility if the analyses individuals are performing aren't supported by the functions in the package (e.g., emmeans).

Describe alternatives you've considered
None at this time.

Additional context
I can start giving it look and help write the function if needed.

Great work on this package Andrew and Zad!