Basic meta-analysis: Conceptualization and computation

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Verhulst, Steven J ^a   Colliver, Jerry A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 64349096831     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e318196b0ba     Document Type: Article

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