Variable reporting and quantitative reviews: A comparison of three meta-analytical techniques

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 448-454

  Lajeunesse, Marc J ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hedges' d; Item response theory; Monte Carlo; Publication bias; Response ratio; Type I error; Type II error

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038735456     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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