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Meta-analysis in Education Research - Undertaking a Quantitative Synthesis | |
Date | 25-03-2010 |
Institution | School of Education |
Location | Institute for Effective Education, University of York |
Country | UK |
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Type of event | 1-day or less |
Organiser/Chair | Professor Steve Higgins |
Level | Intermediate (some prior knowledge) |
Extra Information | The course is aimed at those conducting a systematic review and wishing to undertake a meta-analysis. It is expected to be of interest to research students, research associates, academic researchers, research methods course leaders and those with a policy interest in interpreting research findings. This is a practical session involving computer-based activities and exercises. Skills covered will include identifying and coding studies: methodological issues; computational techniques (including converting other measures); tests for heterogeneity/fixed and random effects models; methodological and quality issues; publication bias; interpreting effect sizes (means confidence intervals homogeneity and the importance of variance); software for meta-analysis. |
| Contact | Clare Heaps, Project Secretary |
Submitted by | Paula Mullins on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 |