Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis
- 1st Edition - July 10, 1985
- Authors: Larry V. Hedges, Ingram Olkin
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 5 8 1 9 - 8
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 3 6 3 8 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 7 0 6 5 - 5
The main purpose of this book is to address the statistical issues for integrating independent studies. There exist a number of papers and books that discuss the mechanics of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe main purpose of this book is to address the statistical issues for integrating independent studies. There exist a number of papers and books that discuss the mechanics of collecting, coding, and preparing data for a meta-analysis , and we do not deal with these. Because this book concerns methodology, the content necessarily is statistical, and at times mathematical. In order to make the material accessible to a wider audience, we have not provided proofs in the text. Where proofs are given, they are placed as commentary at the end of a chapter. These can be omitted at the discretion of the reader.Throughout the book we describe computational procedures whenever required. Many computations can be completed on a hand calculator, whereas some require the use of a standard statistical package such as SAS, SPSS, or BMD. Readers with experience using a statistical package or who conduct analyses such as multiple regression or analysis of variance should be able to carry out the analyses described with the aid of a statistical package.
Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying mathematics.
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. References. Index.
- No. of pages: 369
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 10, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123958198
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123363800
- eBook ISBN: 9780080570655
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Larry V. Hedges
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University of ChicagoIO
Ingram Olkin
Affiliations and expertise
Stanford University, CaliforniaRead Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis on ScienceDirect