A Comparison of Fixed-Effects and Mixed (Random-Effects) Models for Meta-Analysis Tests of Moderator Variable Effects

Psychological Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-379

  Overton, Randall C ^a  

^a State Farm Insurance Companies   (United States)

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EID: 0032344154     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.3.3.354     Document Type: Article

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