EDF 7489 Meta-analysis

This Course Covers Conceptual Issues And Analysis Methods Relevant To Research Reviews And Quantitative Synthesis Methods. Students Will Be Introduced To The Issues And Controversies In The Area Of Research Synthesis And To A Set Of Quantitative Procedures For Summarizing Sets Of Related Studies. While The Focus Is Primarily On The Social Sciences, Readings Are Also Drawn From The Medical Literature, Where Much Of The Recent Work On Methods For Synthesis Has Appeared.