Advances in Meta-Analysis

Rationale and overview of the book.- Complexities of primary research and meta-analysis.- Fixed, random, and mixed models.- Correlations.- Effect sizes.- Proportion/odds ratio data.- Dependence in primary research and meta-analysis.- Correlations.- Effect sizes (group comparisons and change measures).- Proportion/odds ratio data.- Bayesian approaches.- Missing data.- Combining across designs.- Qualitative studies in synthesis.- Quality assessments.- Studies on quality weighting.- Summary/Conclusions.