Those confounded moderators in meta-analysis: Good, bad, and ugly

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 587, Issue , 2003, Pages 69-81

  Lipsey, Mark W ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Juvenile delinquency; Meta analysis; Moderator variables; Random assignment; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944502800     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202250791     Document Type: Article

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