000 01436nam a22001697a 4500
020 _a978-0123363802
082 _a519.5 HED
100 _aHedges, Larry V.; Olkin, Ingram
245 _aStatistical methods for meta-analysis
260 _aNew York
_bAcademic Press
_c1985
300 _axxii,369 p.
_b24 cm ; Hard Bound
500 _aBook well /419-2018-19 $72.95 Pd.Rs.3906/-
505 _a 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.
520 _aThis book brings a new level of statistical sophistication to the problem of combining quantitative measures from different studies.
650 _aSocial sciences--Statistical methods
_aMeta-analysis
_aSocial sciences
942 _cBK
999 _c103419
_d103419