Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Part I. Introduction
1. Research Synthesis as a Scientific Enterprise / Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges
Part II. Formulating a Problem for a Research Synthesis
2. Hypotheses and Problems in Research Synthesis / Judith A. Hall, Linda Tickle-Degnen, Robert Rosenthal, and Frederick Mosteller
3. Statistical Considerations / Larry V. Hedges
Part 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
Part 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
Part 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. Measure of Effect Size for Categorical Data / Joseph L. Fleiss
18. Combining Estimates of Effect Size / William R. Shadish and C. Keith Haddock
Part 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
Part 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 Research Synthesis / Thomas A. Louis and Daniel Zelterman
Part 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
Part 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
Part 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
Glossary
Appendix A: Data Sets
Appendix B: Tables
Index