title: mmeta: An R Package for Multivariate Meta-Analysis.
abstract: This paper describes the core features of the R packagemmeta,whichimplements the exact posterior inference of odds ratio, relative risk, and risk difference given either a single 2 × 2 table or multiple 2 × 2 tables when the risks within the same study are independent or correlated.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA, sheng.t.luo@uth.tmc.edu , URL: https://sph.uth.tmc.edu/cv/luo.pdf.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA, yong.chen@uth.tmc.edu , URL: https://sph.uth.tmc.edu/cv/Yong2011.pdf.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA, xiao.su@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, The University of Minnesota, A460 Mayo Building, MMC 303, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, chux0051@umn.edu , URL: http://archive.sph.umn.edu/facstaff/ourfaculty/faculty/chux0051.
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chu
keywords: Appell function; Bayesian inference; Sarmanov family; bivariate beta-binomial; exact distribution; hypergeometric function