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Meta-Analysis: Quantitative Methods for Research Synthesis (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: nonparametric effect size, combined tests, average effect size, Pearson Product Moment Correlation

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Meta-Analysis shows concisely, yet comprehensively, how to apply statistical methods to achieve a literature review of a common research domain. It demonstrates the use of combined tests and measures of effect size to synthesize quantitatively the results of independent studies for both group differences and correlations. Strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches, as well as of meta-analysis in general, are presented.

Wolf shows how to interpret and apply results and how to make the appropriate calculations. He also looks at selection of a common metric; potential mediating effects; examination and reduction of bias; and issues of non-independence, validity, and reliability. The inclusion of an introduction to non-parametric analysis and some practical guidelines make this an ideal primer for students and practitioners in the social and behavioral sciences.

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Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 1 edition (April 1, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803927568
ISBN-13: 978-0803927568
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
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Research activity in the social and behavioral sciences has been observes to be "sadly dilapidated" and facing a "crisis" situation (Glass,1977; Glass, McGaw, and Smith, 1981; Hunter, Schmidt, and Jackson, 1982; Jackson, 1980; Rosenthal, 1984). Read the first page

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Everyone involved in empirical work using statistics now needs to understand meta-analysis. This monograph, along with Light and Pillemer's Summing Up, is the place to begin.

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