Contents
About the Authors
Part I. Introduction
1. Research Synthesis as a Scientific Process - Harris Cooper, Larry V. Hedges, and Jeffrey C. Valentine
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. Searching Bibliographic Databases - Julie Glanville
6. Retrieving Grey Literature, Information, and Data in the Digital Age - Dean Giustini
Part IV. Coding The Literature
7. Incorporating Judgments About Study Quality into Research Syntheses - Jeffrey C. Valentine
8. Identifying Potentially Interesting Variables and Analysis Opportunities - Mark W. Lipsey
9. Systematic Coding for Research Synthesis - David B. Wilson
10. Evaluating Coding Decisions - Jack L. Vevea, Nicole A. M. Zelinsky, and Robert G. Orwin
Part V. Statistically Describing and Combining Study Outcomes
11. Effect Sizes for Meta-Analysis - Michael Borenstein and Larry V. Hedges
12. Statistically Analyzing Effect Sizes: Fixed- and Random-Effects Models - Spyros Konstantopoulos and Larry V. Hedges
13. Stochastically Dependent Effect Sizes - Larry V. Hedges
14. Bayesian Meta-Analysis - Rebecca M. Turner and Julian P. T. Higgins
15. Correcting for the Distorting Effects of Study Artifacts in Meta-Analysis and Second Order Meta-Analysis - Frank L. Schmidt, Huy Le, and In-Sue Oh
16. Model-Based Meta-Analysis and Related Approaches - Betsy Jane Becker and Ariel M. Aloe
Part VI. Data Diagnostics
17. Missing Data in Meta-Analysis - Terri D. Pigott
18. Publication Bias - Jack L. Vevea, Kathleen Coburn, and Alexander Sutton
Part VII. Data Interpretation
19. Interpreting Effect Sizes - Jeffrey C. Valentine, Ariel M. Aloe, and Sandra Jo Wilson
20. Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis - Michael Borenstein
Part VIII. Summary
21. Transparent Reporting: Registrations, Protocols, and Final Reports - Evan Mayo-Wilson and Sean Grant
22. Threats to the Validity of Generalized Inferences from Research Syntheses - Georg E. Matt and Thomas D. Cook
23. Potentials and Limitations of Research Synthesis - Harris Cooper, Larry V. Hedges, and Jeffrey C. Valentine
Glossary
Index