The power of statistical tests in meta-analysis

Psychological Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-217

  Hedges, Larry V ^a   Pigott, Therese D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035459399     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989x.6.3.203     Document Type: Article

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