Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach: 2 (Applied Social Research Methods) - Softcover

Cooper, Harris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483331156 ISBN 13: 9781483331157

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

The Fifth Edition of Harris Cooper′s bestselling text offers practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. The book is written in plain language with four running examples drawn from psychology, education, and health science. With ample coverage of literature searching and the technical aspects of meta-analysis, this one-of-a-kind book applies the basic principles of sound data gathering to the task of producing a comprehensive assessment of existing research. 

About this title

About the Author

Harris Cooper is Hugo L. Blomquist professor for psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. In 2007, he received the Contributions to Research Synthesis Methodology Award from the International Campbell Collaboration. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology. He has been the editor of Psychological Bulletin and Archives of Scientific Psychology. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Chief Editorial Advisor to the American Psychological Association’s journal publishing program. His substantive interests include application of social and developmental psychology to education policy.

From the Back Cover

Providing readers with an introduction to how to conduct a research synthesis of literature, this Fifth Edition has new material on the use of the internet and other new developments in technology, including new statistics for describing meta-analytic results

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483331156
• ISBN 13: 9781483331157
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 384