Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO META-ANALYSIS 1. Integrating Research Finding Across Studies 2. Study Artifacts and Their Impact on Study Outcomes PART II: META-ANALYSIS OF CORRELATIONS 3. Meta-Analysis of Correlations Corrected Individually for Artifacts 4. Meta-Analysis of Correlations Using Artifact Distributions 5. Technical Questions In Meta-Analysis of Correlations PART III: META-ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL EFFECTS AND OTHER DICHOTOMOUS COMPARISONS 6. Treatment Effects: Experimental Artifacts and Their Impact 7. Meta-Analysis Methods for d Values 8. Technical Questions in Meta-Analysis of d Values PART IV: GENERAL ISSUES IN META-ANALYSIS 9. General Technical Issues in Meta-Analysis 10. Cumulation of Findings Within Studies 11. Different Meta-Analysis Methods and Related Software 12. Locating, Evaluating, Selecting, and Coding Studies and Presentation of Meta-Analysis Results 13. Availability Bias, Source Bias, and Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis 14. Summary of Psychometric Meta-Analysis