Research synthesis and meta-analysis a step-by-step approach - Cooper, Harris M. (Los Angeles SAGE, 2017)
Preface to the fifth edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Introduction: literature reviews, research syntheses and meta-analysis -- 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 -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
Rev. ed. of: Integrating research. 2nd ed.c1989.
Revised edition of the author's Research synthesis and meta-analysis, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and indexes.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Research; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Research Design