Psymetadata: An R Package Containing Open Datasets from Meta-Analyses in Psychology

Abstract

We present 22 open-source datasets from meta-analyses in psychology. These data span areas such as social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, among others. These datasets are useful for two main purposes: (1) for demonstrative use in the teaching of meta-analysis techniques and (2) the illustration of novel statistical methods in journal articles. Additionally, they can be used to elicit informative priors for a Bayesian meta-analysis. All datasets are available through the R package <strong>psymetadata</strong>.