Research synthesis and meta-analysis : a step-by-step approach /: a step-by-step approach. ([2010])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harris Cooper, Duke University.
• Other Names: Cooper, Harris M
• Contents: Preface to the fourth edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Introduction: literature reviews, research syntheses and meta-analysis -- Step 1: formulating the problem -- Step 2: searching the literature -- Step 3: gathering information from studies -- Step 4: evaluating the quality of studies -- Step 5: analyzing and integrating the outcomes of studies -- Step 6: interpreting the evidence -- Step 7: presenting the results -- Conclusion: threats to the validity of research synthesis conclusions -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
• Edition: 4th edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Research Design
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483362069
• Related ISBNs: 148336206X
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