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Practical Meta-Analysis (Applied Social Research Methods)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.72
EAN: 9780761921684
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0761921680
Label: Sage Publications, Inc
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: August 18, 2000
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Studio: Sage Publications, Inc
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Editorial Review:"A book that describes the steps involved in a meta-analysis in an easy-to-understand format (not just as a cookbook recipe) will be a useful addition to the literature. Practical Meta-Analysis aptly fills this niche."
--ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS, April 2002
What research designs and methodological features qualify a study for meta-analysis and which disqualify it? What types of research reports are appropriate for the meta-analysis? What is the cultural and linguistic range of the studies to be included? By integrating and translating the current methodological and statistical work into a practical guide, the authors address these questions to provide readers with a state-of-the-art introduction to the various approaches to doing meta-analysis. Through the use of a simple metaphor, that of meta-analysis as a form of survey research in which research reports, rather than individual people, are surveyed, the authors show readers how to develop a coding form for their meta analysis, how to select and gather various research reports for the study, how to code the appropriate information about each study’s characteristics, and how to analyze the resulting data using various software packages.
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I just completed a meta-analytic study for my master's thesis, and I could not have done it without this book. The authors take very complex topics and procedures and describe them in clear, concise terms. I often used this book to help me interpret the dense text found in other books on meta-analysis, such as Hunter and Schmidt's Methods of Meta-Analysis. I also found the book helpful because it provided concrete guidelines for such issues as selecting criteria for study inclusion and developing ... Read More
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