A reference and how-to manual guiding behavioral and medical scientists through every stage of the research synthesis process problem formulation, literature search and evaluation, statistical integration, and report preparation. It incorporates state-of-the-art techniques from all quantitative synthesis traditions, including Bayesian inference and the meta-analytic approaches. Among the statistical issues addressed are the synthesis of multivariate and non-independent data sets, the performance of sensitivity analyses and model assessments, and the problem of missing data. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
