Advances in Meta-Analysis

Meta-analysis is used increasingly in the social sciences to synthesize research results.  As both primary research and the questions addressed by meta-analysis have been grown more complex, meta-analysis techniques have evolved to address these issues.  This book covers a number of advances in meta...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pigott, Terri D. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
Σειρά:Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Rationale and overview of the book
  • Complexities of primary research and meta-analysis
  • Fixed, random, and mixed models
  • Correlations
  • Effect sizes
  • Proportion/odds ratio data
  • Dependence in primary research and meta-analysis
  • Correlations
  •  Effect sizes (group comparisons and change measures)
  • Proportion/odds ratio data
  • Bayesian approaches
  • Missing data
  •  Combining across designs
  • Qualitative studies in synthesis
  • Quality assessments
  • Studies on quality weighting
  • Summary/Conclusions.