Averaging effect sizes within and across studies of interventions aimed at improving child outcomes

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-197

  Dong, Nianbo ^a   Maynard, Rebecca A ^a   Perez Johnson, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Effect size; Meta analysis; Research synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649188721     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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