Overview
Meta-analysis: this is a statistical procedure for assimilating research findings. It is based on the simple idea that we can take effect sizes from individual studies that research the same question, quantify the observed effect in a standard way (using effect sizes) and then combine these effects to get a more accurate idea of the true effect in the population.
Resources
- Article I published on how to do a meta-analysis. Field, A. P., & Gillett, R. (2010). How to do a meta-analysis. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology, 63(3), 665-694. doi:10.1348/000711010×502733
- Website that accompanies the Field & Gillett paper.