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    Program 'stouffer': meta-analysis using Stouffer's method
    
                              Gang Chen 
                         gangchen@mail.nih.gov
                            March 13, 2025 
                          SSCC/NIMH/NIH/DHHS
    
    Usage: 
    
      stouffer -prefix output.file.name -input here.is.a.list.of.input.files
    
    Input files contain Z-statistic values, typically derived from multiple 
    studies. T-statistic values may also be used if the degrees of freedom 
    are sufficiently large (e.g., ≥30); otherwise, they should first be 
    converted to Z-statistics. The output is a Z-statistic reflecting the 
    pooled evidence across studies. The sample sizes for the individual
    studies are assumed to roughly equal.