Summary
Contents
Subject index
Quantitative Psychology is arguably one of the oldest disciplines within the field of psychology and nearly all psychologists are exposed to quantitative psychology in some form. While textbooks in statistics, research methods, and psychological measurement exist none offer a unified treatment of quantitative psychology. The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology does just that. Each chapter covers a methodological topic with equal attention paid to established theory and the challenges facing methodologists as they address new research questions using that particular methodology. The reader will come away from each chapter with a greater understanding of the methodology being addressed as well as an understanding of the directions for future developments within that methodological area.
Meta-Analysis
Meta-Analysis
Meta-Analysis
Psychologists are typically interested in finding general answers to questions. Although answers to these questions can be obtained in single pieces of research, it is common for different researchers to address similar research questions. This replication makes it possible to answer research questions through assimilating data from a variety of sources. This process is known as meta-analysis. The use of meta-analysis has exploded over the past 30 years and even just a cursory scan of recent meta-analyses reveals the diversity of questions that it has been used to address: whether temperament differs across gender (Else-Quest, Hyde, Goldsmith, andVan Hulle, 2006), organizational wellness (Parks and Steelman, 2008); maternal employment and children's achievement (Goldberg, Prause, Lucas-Thompson, and Himsel, 2008); marital discord as a predictor of domestic ...
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