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title: 'CoTiMA: Continuous Time Meta-Analysis (''CoTiMA'')'
version: 1.0.3
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.CoTiMA
abstract: The 'CoTiMA' package performs meta-analyses of correlation matrices of repeatedly
  measured variables taken from studies that used different time intervals. Different
  time intervals between measurement occasions impose problems for meta-analyses because
  the effects (e.g. cross-lagged effects) cannot be simply aggregated, for example,
  by means of common fixed or random effects analysis. However, continuous time math,
  which is applied in 'CoTiMA', can be used to extrapolate or intrapolate the results
  from all studies to any desired time lag. By this, effects obtained in studies that
  used different time intervals can be meta-analyzed. 'CoTiMA' fits models to empirical
  data using the structural equation model (SEM) package 'ctsem', the effects specified
  in a SEM are related to parameters that are not directly included in the model (i.e.,
  continuous time parameters; together, they represent the continuous time structural
  equation model, CTSEM). Statistical model comparisons and significance tests are
  then performed on the continuous time parameter estimates. 'CoTiMA' also allows
  analysis of publication bias (Egger's test, PET-PEESE estimates, zcurve analysis
  etc.) and analysis of statistical power (post hoc power, required sample sizes).
  See Dormann, C., Guthier, C., & Cortina, J. M. (2019) <https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428119847277>.
  and Guthier, C., Dormann, C., & Voelkle, M. C. (2020) <https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000304>.
authors:
- family-names: Dormann
  given-names: Christian
- family-names: Homberg
  given-names: Markus
  email: cotima@uni-mainz.de
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/CoTiMA/CoTiMA
commit: 76acfa6cecb2da977027e7f842b6d1d4ac5f4c2b
url: https://github.com/CoTiMA/CoTiMA
date-released: '2026-07-20'
contact:
- family-names: Homberg
  given-names: Markus
  email: cotima@uni-mainz.de