Research Catalog

Title

The Handbook of research synthesis / edited by Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges.

Publication

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cooper, Harris M.
• Hedges, Larry V.
• Russell Sage Foundation.

Description

xvi, 573 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Research
• Statistics as Topic
• Handbook
• Research > Statistical methods > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Information Storage and Retrieval
• Methods
• Research > Methodology > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Information storage and retrieval systems > Research > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Research Synthesis as a Scientific Enterprise / Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges -- Pt. II. Formulating a Problem for a Research Synthesis. 2. Hypotheses and Problems in Research Synthesis / Judith A. Hall, Robert Rosenthal, Linda Tickle-Degnen and Frederick Mosteller. 3. Statistical Considerations / Larry V. Hedges -- Pt. III. Searching the Literature. 4. Scientific Communication and Literature Retrieval / Howard D. White. 5. Using Reference Databases / Jeffrey G. Reed and Pam M. Baxter. 6. Research Registers / Kay Dickersin. 7. The Fugitive Literature / MaryLu C. Rosenthal -- Pt. IV. Evaluating the Literature. 8. Judging Research Quality / Paul M. Wortman. 9. Identifying Potentially Interesting Variables and Analysis Opportunities / Mark W. Lipsey. 10. Systematic Coding for Research Synthesis / William A. Stock. 11. Evaluating Coding Decisions / Robert G. Orwin. 12. Methods for Handling Missing Data in Research Synthesis / Therese D. Pigott.
• 13. Managing Meta-Analytic Databases / George Woodworth -- Pt. V. Statistically Describing and Combining Studies. 14. Vote-Counting Procedures in Meta-Analysis / Brad J. Bushman. 15. Combining Significance Levels / Betsy Jane Becker. 16. Parametric Measures of Effect Size / Robert Rosenthal. 17. Measures of Effect Size for Categorical Data / Joseph L. Fleiss. 18. Combining Estimates of Effect Size / William R. Shadish and C. Keith Haddock -- Pt. VI. Statistically Analyzing Effect Sizes. 19. Fixed Effects Models / Larry V. Hedges. 20. Random Effects Models / Stephen W. Raudenbush. 21. Correcting for Sources of Artificial Variation Across Studies / John E. Hunter and Frank L. Schmidt -- Pt. VII. Special Statistical Issues and Problems. 22. Stochastically Dependent Effect Sizes / Leon J. Gleser and Ingram Olkin. 23. Examining Explanatory Models Through Research Synthesis / Betsy Jane Becker and Christine M. Schram. 24. Sensitivity Analysis and Diagnostics / Joel B. Greenhouse and Satish Iyengar.
• 25. Publication Bias / Colin B. Begg. 26. Bayesian Approaches to Research Synthesis / Thomas A. Louis and Daniel Zelterman -- Pt. VIII. Reporting the Results of Research Synthesis. 27. The Reporting Format / Katherine Taylor Halvorsen. 28. The Visual Presentation and Interpretation of Meta-Analyses / Richard J. Light, Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett -- Pt. IX. Tying Research Synthesis to Substantive Issues. 29. Meta-Analytic Synthesis for Theory Development / Norman Miller and Vicki E. Pollock. 30. Using Research Syntheses to Plan Future Research / Alice H. Eagly and Wendy Wood -- Pt. X. Summary. 31. Threats to the Validity of Research Syntheses / Georg E. Matt and Thomas D. Cook. 32. Potentials and Limitations of Research Synthesis / Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges.

ISBN

0871542269 :

LCCN

93001625

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries