Indiscriminate Data Aggregations in Meta-Analysis: A Cause for Concern among Policy Makers and Social Scientists.

Lopez-Lee, David

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ERIC Number: EJ662102

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Publication Date: 2002

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Indiscriminate Data Aggregations in Meta-Analysis: A Cause for Concern among Policy Makers and Social Scientists.

Lopez-Lee, David

Evaluation Review, v26 n5 p520-44 Oct 2002

Findings of a review of 64 meta-analytic articles show that experimental data and quasi-experimental or nonexperimental data are sometimes combined incorrectly. Discusses how guidance from proponents of meta-analysis fails to make clear the importance of not synthesizing different kinds of data. (SLD)

Descriptors: Experiments, Meta Analysis, Policy Formation, Social Science Research, Synthesis

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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