Meta Analysis.pptVIP

Meta Analysis An Introduction What… is… it? A “study of studies,” i.e., averaging results across studies in a given domain to get a better estimate of population parameters (Allen Preiss, 2007; Hunter Schmidt, 2004). Key ingredient = measures of effect size (usually Pearson’s r or Cohen’s d) Why????????? 1. To reduce problems associated with SAMPLING ERROR at the individual study level. How big is this problem? According to Hunter, sampling is error is “massive” with sample sizes of N=100 or less, as we typically have in research. Result: VERY frequent Type II errors…. Example Monte Carlo