A Review of Meta-Analysis Packages in R

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 206-242

  Polanin, Joshua R ^a   Hennessy, Emily A ^b   Tanner Smith, Emily E ^b  

^a Development Services Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

effect size; meta analysis; R; statistical software

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; SCIENTIST; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85015263469     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: 19351054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998616674315     Document Type: Article

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