Research synthesis and meta-analysis : a step-by-step approach / Harris Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Harris M.

Contributor:

Cooper, Harris M.

Series:

Applied social research methods series ; v. 2.

Applied social research methods series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Meta-Analysis as Topic.

Research Design.

Behavioral Research--methods.

Biomedical Research--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Meta-Analysis as Topic.

Research Design.

Behavioral Research--methods.

Biomedical Research--methods.

Physical Description:

ix, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage, [2010]

Summary:

Offering practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences, Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis, Fourth Edition, is invaluable to both first-time literature reviewers and experts looking for lucid discussions of complex issues. Reorganized and revised throughout, the Fourth Edition of Harris Cooper's best-seller is written in plain language with numerous examples. Each chapter concludes with exercises for use as class projects.

Key Features

Presents an updated version of Cooper's easy-to-follow seven-step research synthesis process

Highlights the critical questions to ask about synthesis methodology at each step and the identification of "best practices"

Contains two new chapters, "Gathering Information From Studies" (Chapter 4) and "Interpreting the Evidence" (Chapter 7), giving expanded treatments on gathering information from studies and interpreting the evidence from a research synthesis

Provides completely updated material on techniques for searching the literature, with an emphasis on new technologies and the Internet

Includes a discussion of recent advances and issues in statistical techniques for meta-analyses

Offers new standards for reporting meta-analyses results

Incorporates new research syntheses drawn from the fields of education, social/developmental psychology, and health throughout the book

This text is appropriate for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Intermediate/Advanced Research Methods, Applied Research Methods, and Intermediate/Advanced Quantitative Research offered in departments of psychology, education, public policy, social work, nursing, and other social science disciplines.

Contents:

Introduction

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.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Synthesizing research. 3rd ed. c1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and indexes.

Related Work:

Cooper, Harris M. Synthesizing research.

ISBN:

9781412937054

1412937051

OCLC:

262887687