Practical Meta-Analysis (Applied
Social Research Methods) by David
B. Wilson
Approachable And Practical
What research designs and methodological features qualify a study for
meta-analysis and which disqualify it? What types of research reports are
appropriate for the meta-analysis? What is the cultural and linguistic range
of the studies to be included? By integrating and translating the current
methodological and statistical work into a practical guide, the authors
address these questions to provide readers with a state-of-the-art
introduction to the various approaches to doing meta-analysis. Through the
use of a simple metaphor, that of meta-analysis as a form of survey
research in which research reports, rather than individual people, are
surveyed, the authors show readers how to develop a coding form for their
meta-analysis, how to select and gather various research reports for the
study, how to code the appropriate information about each studys

characteristics, and how to analyze the resulting data using various
software packages.
Personal Review: Practical Meta-Analysis (Applied Social
Research Methods) by David B. Wilson
I just completed a meta-analytic study for my master's thesis, and I could
not have done it without this book. The authors take very complex topics
and procedures and describe them in clear, concise terms. I often used
this book to help me interpret the dense text found in other books on meta-
analysis, such as Hunter and Schmidt's Methods of Meta-Analysis. I also
found the book helpful because it provided concrete guidelines for such
issues as selecting criteria for study inclusion and developing categories
for coding studies.
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