Analysis and meta-analysis of single-case designs: An introduction

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-122

  Shadish, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Single case designs; Statistics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84897606955     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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