- Oxford Library of Psychology
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- A Place for Research Strategies in Clinical Psychology
- Laboratory Methods in Experimental Psychopathology
- Single-Case Experimental Designs and Small Pilot Trial Designs
- The Randomized Controlled Trial: Basics and Beyond
- Dissemination and Implementation Science: Research Models and Methods
- Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology Research
- Assessment and Measurement of Change Considerations in Psychotherapy Research
- Observational Coding Strategies
- Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Therapy Process Research
- Structural and Functional Brain Imaging in Clinical Psychology
- Experience Sampling Methods in Clinical Psychology
- Statistical Power: Issues and Proper Applications
- Multiple Regression: The Basics and Beyond for Clinical Scientists
- Statistical Methods for Use in the Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Utilizing a Pretreatment, Posttreatment, Follow-up (PPF) Paradigm
- Evaluating Treatment Mediators and Moderators
- Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in the Study of Psychopathology
- Meta-analysis in Clinical Psychology Research
- Item Response Theory
- Missing Data in Psychological Science
- Ethical Considerations in Clinical Psychology Research
- Clinical Research with Culturally Diverse Populations
- Decades Not Days: The Research Enterprise in Clinical Psychology
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Meta-analysis is now the method of choice for assimilating research investigating the same question. This chapter is a nontechnical overview of the process of conducting meta-analysis in the context of clinical psychology. We begin with an overview of what meta-analysis aims to achieve. The process of conducting a meta-analysis is then described in six stages: (1) how to do a literature search; (2) how to decide which studies to include in the analysis (inclusion criteria); (3) how to calculate effect sizes for each study; (4) running a basic meta-analysis using the metaphor package for the free software R; (5) how to look for publication bias and moderators of effect sizes; and (6) how to write up the results for publication.
Keywords: Meta-analysis, effect sizes, publication bias, moderator analysis, R
Andy P. Field, School of Psychology, University of Sussex
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- [UNTITLED]
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- A Place for Research Strategies in Clinical Psychology
- Laboratory Methods in Experimental Psychopathology
- Single-Case Experimental Designs and Small Pilot Trial Designs
- The Randomized Controlled Trial: Basics and Beyond
- Dissemination and Implementation Science: Research Models and Methods
- Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology Research
- Assessment and Measurement of Change Considerations in Psychotherapy Research
- Observational Coding Strategies
- Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Therapy Process Research
- Structural and Functional Brain Imaging in Clinical Psychology
- Experience Sampling Methods in Clinical Psychology
- Statistical Power: Issues and Proper Applications
- Multiple Regression: The Basics and Beyond for Clinical Scientists
- Statistical Methods for Use in the Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Utilizing a Pretreatment, Posttreatment, Follow-up (PPF) Paradigm
- Evaluating Treatment Mediators and Moderators
- Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in the Study of Psychopathology
- Meta-analysis in Clinical Psychology Research
- Item Response Theory
- Missing Data in Psychological Science
- Ethical Considerations in Clinical Psychology Research
- Clinical Research with Culturally Diverse Populations
- Decades Not Days: The Research Enterprise in Clinical Psychology
- Index
