Description:Offering practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences,the Foruth Edition of Harris Cooper bestselling textis invaluable to both first-time literature reviewers and experts looking for lucid discussions of complex issues. Reorganized and revised throughout, this textis 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
Intended Audience
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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: a Step-by Step Approach: 2. To get started finding Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: a Step-by Step Approach: 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: a Step-by Step Approach: 2
Description: Offering practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences,the Foruth Edition of Harris Cooper bestselling textis invaluable to both first-time literature reviewers and experts looking for lucid discussions of complex issues. Reorganized and revised throughout, this textis 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
Intended Audience
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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: a Step-by Step Approach: 2. To get started finding Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: a Step-by Step Approach: 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.