Estimating the mean effect size in meta-analysis: Bias, precision, and mean squared error of different weighting methods

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 504-511

  Van den Noortgate, Wim ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 1042290927     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195529     Document Type: Article

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