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PSYC 5131: Meta-Analysis: Theory and Practice |
(Offered previously: 2005, 2007) Offered Previously as PSYC 420 Instructor Consent Required |
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Description: This course provides background on
the methodology of research synthesis, including the literature review and
the place of quantitative methods in drawing conclusions from existing
research. The course introduces the statistical techniques of meta-analysis,
which aggregates and integrates the results of independent studies addressing
the same hypothesis. Problem sets provide instruction in making meta-analytic
decisions as well as using computer programs to perform meta-analysis. It is
valuable for students to have completed one year of graduate statistics and
to be familiar with the statistical methods commonly used to analyze
behavioral data. Each student enrolled in the course conducts an original
small-scale meta-analysis of his or her own, which allows him or her to focus
on a project of special self-interest. We begin the course by reading and
discussing in class Hunt’s (1997) How
Science Takes Stock: The Story of Meta-Analysis. Subsequently,
the main readings are assigned from Lipsey and Topics in this course may
include: Introduction to meta-analysis; Formulating a research problem;
Searching the literature; Evaluating the literature; coding studies;
Computing effect sizes (2+ weeks); Analysis of meta-analytic databases (3+
weeks); Interpreting meta-analytic results (2 weeks); Reporting the results
of research synthesis; Putting it all together; Lingering issues. (last updated: 27 July 2007) Related links: UConn Social Psych; Courses; Faculty |
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