Meta-analysis: Recent developments in quantitative methods for literature reviews

被引：1249
作者：
Rosenthal, R [1 ]
DiMatteo, MR [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Psychol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
来源：
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY | 2001年 / 52卷
关键词：
effect size; graphic displays; contrast analysis; moderator analysis; heterogeneity analysis;
D O I：
10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.59
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
We describe the history and current status of the meta-analytic enterprise. The advantages and historical criticisms of meta-analysis are described, as are the basic steps in a meta-analysis and the role of effect sizes as chief coins of the meta-analytic realm. Advantages of the meta-analytic procedures include seeing the "landscape" of a research domain, keeping statistical significance in perspective, minimizing wasted data, becoming intimate with the data summarized, asking focused research questions, and finding moderator variables. Much of the criticism of metaanalysis has been based on simple misunderstanding of how meta-analyses are actually carried out. Criticisms of meta-analysis that are applicable are equally applicable to traditional, nonquantitative, narrative reviews of the literature. Much of the remainder of the chapter deals with the processes of effect size estimation, the understanding of the heterogeneity of the obtained effect sizes, and the practical and scientific importance of the effect sizes obtained.
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