At 19:01 16/08/2012, Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) wrote:
I had noticed this oversight a while ago. In an updated version of
the metafor package (hopefully to be released in the near future),
the argument will be called "maxiter" (as intended). Using "maxit"
will then work as well, due to partial matching.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention though.
Also, the package name is "metafor" (spelled with an f). It's
supposed to be a (convoluted) abbreviation for "META-analysis FOr
R"). I suppose "metaphor" would then be "META-analysis PHOr R", but
I decided against that (other candidates were metaforR, metafoR, and
a few others). Well, at the time, I thought the name "metafor" was
clever. These days, I am not so sure anymore.
The big advantage of metafor is that it is not the (English) word for
metaphor so making Google searching for metafor a lot easier (at
least from my location). Readers in the Nordic countries mileage
probably varies here.
Best,
Wolfgang
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> On Behalf Of Michael Weylandt
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 04:19
> To: John Hodgson
> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Error in metafor documentation on maximum iterations
>
> Send this to Wolfgang directly. See
>
> maintainer("metaphor")
>
> Michael
>
> On Aug 15, 2012, at 12:13 PM, John Hodgson <j...@formby.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > Both the official R documentation and Wolfgang's paper in the Journal of
> > Statistical Science describing this (extremely useful) package, name the
> > control variable for maximum iterations in numeric model fitting as
> > 'maxiter'. The correct name is 'maxit'. A small point concerning an (I
> > guess) infrequently used bit of functionality, but this may help save
> > someone an hour or so's head scratching!
> >
> > John Hodgson
> >
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