1st Edition
Conducting Meta-Analysis Using SAS
202 Pages
by
Psychology Press
202 Pages
by
Psychology Press
202 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Conducting Meta-Analysis Using SAS reviews the meta-analysis statistical procedure and shows the reader how to conduct one using SAS. It presents and illustrates the use of the PROC MEANS procedure in SAS to perform the data computations called for by the two most commonly used meta-analytic procedures, the Hunter & Schmidt and Glassian approaches.
This book serves as both an operational... Read more
Contents: Preface. The Theory of Meta-Analysis--Sampling Error and the Law of Small Numbers. Meta-Analysis of Effect Sizes. Meta-Analysis of Correlations. Outliers in Meta-Analytic Data. Summary and Guidelines for Implementing a Meta-Analysis. Appendices: Reference and Information Sources for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Equation for Computing the Pooled Within-Group Standard Deviation. Conversion and Transformation Equations. Upper Percentage Points for the Chi-Square Distribution.
Biography
Winfred Arthur Jr., Winston Bennett, Allen I. Huffcutt
"The authors have done a good job compiling a set of instructions that might encourage some researchers to successfully complete a reasonable empirical study in place of a more traditional qualitative literature review. The book presents a well-researched look at successful applications."
—Journal of the American Statistical Association"...a 'must have' for a researcher or professional interested in writing his or her own program for conducting meta-analysis."
—Dennis Doverspike
University of Akron
