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How Science Takes Stock : The Story of Meta-Analysis /

He demonstrates how the statistical techniques of meta-analysis produce more accurate data than a standard literature review or the old-fashioned process of tallying up the results of each scientific study as if they were votes in an election. Further, Hunt answers skeptics who claim that dissimilar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hunt, Morton M., 1920-2016 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1997]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Making order of scientific chaos
  • Settling doubts about psychotherapy
  • Clarifying murky issues in education
  • "Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?"
  • Firming up the shaky social sciences
  • Lighting the way for makers of social policy
  • Epilogue: the future of meta-analysis.