Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4129-3705-4 (ISBN)
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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.
Harris Cooper is Hugo L. Blomquist professor for psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. In 2007, he received the Contributions to Research Synthesis Methodology Award from the International Campbell Collaboration. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology. He has been the editor of Psychological Bulletin and Archives of Scientific Psychology. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Chief Editorial Advisor to the American Psychological Association’s journal publishing program. His substantive interests include application of social and developmental psychology to education policy.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.7.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Applied Social Research Methods |
| Verlagsort | Thousand Oaks |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 310 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4129-3705-1 / 1412937051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4129-3705-4 / 9781412937054 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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