An alternative to R2 for assessing linear models of effect size

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 272-283

  Aloe, Ariel M ^a   Becker, Betsy Jane ^b   Pigott, Therese D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis; meta regression; variance explained

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863856869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.23     Document Type: Article

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