Research synthesis and meta-analysis : a step-by-step approach
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Research synthesis and meta-analysis : a step-by-step approach
（Applied social research methods series, v. 2）
Sage, c2010
4th ed
- : pbk
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Rev. ed. of: Synthesizing research. 3rd ed. c1998
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and indexes
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Description
Providing researchers with a practical and accessible advice, the Fourth Edition of the lauded Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis offers thoroughly updated information. Author Harris M. Cooper draws on more than 30 years of experience to show readers how to conduct a comprehensive synthesis of past research.
Key Updates of the Fourth Edition:
- Presents an updated version of Cooper's easy-to-follow seven-step research synthesis process
- Highlights the critical questions to ask about synthesis methodology at each step and the identification of "best practices"
- Contains two new chapters giving expanded treatments of gathering information from studies and interpreting the evidence from a research synthesis
- Provides completely updated material on techniques for searching the literature with an emphasis on new technologies and the Internet
- Includes a discussion of recent advances and issues in meta-analysis statistical techniques
- Offers new standards for reporting meta-analyses results
- Incorporates new research syntheses drawn from the fields of education, social/developmental psychology, and health throughout the book
The book is written in plain language with numerous examples. Each chapter concludes with exercises for use as class projects. Readers who are engaged in their first research synthesis will find ample guidance to help them through the process. Experienced research synthesists will find lucid discussions of complex problems.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Step 1: Formulating the Problem
Chapter 3. Step 2: Searching the Literature
Chapter 4. Step 3: Gathering Information From Studies
Chapter 5. Step 4: Evaluating the Quality of Studies
Chapter 6. Step 5: Analyzing and Integrating the Outcomes of Studies
Chapter 7. Step 6: Interpreting the Evidence
Chapter 8. Step 7: Presenting the Results
Chapter 9. Conclusion: Threats to the Validity of Research Synthesis Conclusions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
by "Nielsen BookData"