Introduction to Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis in the Social Sciences

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The course is an introduction to conducting systematic reviews of the literature and statistically analyzing the results. This course will focus on: (a) methods for conducting replicable, systematic reviews of the literature, and (b) statistical methods for analyzing the study effects (meta-analysis). Focus will be on examining studies with continuous, binary and correlations coefficient outcomes. Statistical methods will include fixed-effects, random-effects models, prediction intervals, meta regression, and publication bias. The course will emphasize basic theory and underlying statistical methods, computational approaches, and the interpretation of results from published studies.