Using Odds Ratios as Effect Sizes for Meta-Analysis of Dichotomous Data: A Primer on Methods and Issues

Psychological Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-353

  Haddock, C Keith ^a   Rindskopf, David ^b   Shadish, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri ^*

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EID: 0032333396     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.3.3.339     Document Type: Article

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