Hedges, Larry V.; Olkin, Ingram

Statistical methods for meta-analysis - New York Academic Press 1985 - xxii,369 p. 24 cm ; Hard Bound

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Preface --
Introduction --
Data Sets --
Tests of Statistical Significance of Combined Results --
Vote-Counting Methods --
Estimation of a Single Effect Size: Parametric and Nonparametric Methods --
Parametric Estimation of Effect Size from a Series of Experiments --
Fitting Parametric Fixed Effect Models to Effect Sizes: Categorical Methods --
Fitting Parametric Fixed Effect Models to Effect Sizes: General Linear Models --
Random Effects Models for Effect Sizes --
Multivariate Models for Effect Sizes --
Combining Estimates of Correlation Coefficients --
Diagnostic Procedures for Research Synthesis Models --
Clustering Estimates of Effect Magnitude --
Estimation of Effect Size When Not All Study Outcomes Are Observed --
Meta-Analysis in the Physical and Biological Sciences --
Appendix.

This book brings a new level of statistical sophistication to the problem of combining quantitative measures from different studies.

978-0123363802


Social sciences--Statistical methods
Meta-analysis
Social sciences

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