Contents
Foreword
About the Authors
Part I. Introduction
1. Research Synthesis as a Scientific Process - Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges
Part II. Formulating a Problem
2. Hypotheses and Problems in Research Synthesis - Harris Cooper
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. Grey Literature - Hannah R. Rothstein and Sally Hopewell
Part IV. Coding the Literature
7. Judging the Quality of Primary Research - Jeffrey C. Valentine
8. Identifying Interesting Variables and Analysis Opportunities - Mark W. Lipsey
9. Systematic Coding - David B. Wilson
10. Evaluating Coding Decisions - Robert G. Orwin and Jack L. Vevea
Part V. Statistically Describing Study Outcomes
11. Vote-Counting Procedures in Meta-Analysis - Brad J. Bushman and Morgan C. Wang
12. Effect Sizes for Continuous Data - Michael Borenstein
13. Effect Sizes for Dichotomous Data - Joseph L. Fleiss and Jesse A. Berlin
Part VI. Statistically Combining Effect Sizes
14. Combining Estimates of Effect Size - William R. Shadish and C. Keith Haddock
15. Analyzing Effect Sizes: Fixed-Effects Models - Spyros Konstantopoulos and Larry V. Hedges
16. Analyzing Effect Sizes: Random-Effects Models - Stephen W. Raudenbush
17. Correcting for the Distorting Effects of Study Artifacts in Meta-Analysis - Frank L. Schmidt, Huy Le, and In-Sue Oh
Part VII. Special Statistical Issues and Problems
18. Effect Sizes in Nested Designs - Larry V. Hedges
19. Stochastically Dependent Effect Sizes - Leon J. Gleser and Ingram Olkin
20. Model-Based Meta-Analysis - Betsy Jane Becker
Part VIII. Data Interpretation
21. Handling Missing Data - Therese D. Pigott
22. Sensitivity Analysis and Diagnostics - Joel B. Greenhouse and Satish Iyengar
23. Publication Bias - Alex J. Sutton
Part IX. Tying Research Synthesis to Substantive Issues
24. Advantages of Certainty and Uncertainty - Wendy Wood and Alice H. Eagly
25. Research Synthesis and Public Policy - David S. Cordray and Paul Morphy
Part X. Reporting the Results
26. Visual and Narrative Interpretation - Geoffrey D. Borman and Jeffrey A. Grigg
27. Reporting Format - Mike Clarke
Part XI. Summary
28. Threats to the Validity of Generalized Inferences - Georg E. Matt and Thomas D. Cook
29. Potentials and Limitations - Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges
Glossary
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index