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Foundations of Meta-Analysis
Five-day Course • June 10 - 14, 2013 • Lawrence, Kansas
Presented by the Quantitative Training Program of Psychology and the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis at the University of Kansas.
Objectives
This course teaches the skills necessary to conduct and write publishable meta-analytic reviews, including methods of searching the empirical literature, coding effect sizes, and analyzing effect sizes across multiple studies.
The Institute on Foundations of Meta-Analysis will enable participants to:
- Understand and critically evaluate published meta-analyses.
- Develop the skills necessary to conduct and write publishable meta-analytic reviews.
- Identify the foundations upon which more advanced meta-analytic techniques are based.
Audience
If you are interested in systematically reviewing existing empirical literature and have a basic statistical background, this course is for you. You should have a good working knowledge of the principles and practice of elementary statistics (e.g., t-tests, ANOVA, correlation/regression). No further quantitative training is assumed, although participants with more extensive backgrounds will also benefit from this course.
Participants from a variety of fields, including psychology, education, human development, sociology, marketing, business, biology, medicine, political science, and communication, will benefit from the course.
Instructor
Noel A. Card, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from St. John's University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in quantitative and developmental psychology at the University of Kansas. Noel has published and consulted on several meta-analytic reviews and is currently preparing a book, Meta-Analysis: Quantitative Synthesis of Social Science Research. He has received many accolades for his skills at teaching and consulting on advanced quantitative topics.
Software and Other Material
Participants will be e-mailed information on the software needed for this course approximately three weeks prior to the start of the course.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop computer that contains basic spreadsheet (e.g., Excel) and statistical analysis (e.g., SPSS) software. The course will not rely on any specific software packages, but participants who wish to practice techniques will benefit from having these basic capabilities on their computers.
Participants should bring several (e.g., 8–12) articles that they would consider including in a meta-analysis.
Syllabus
Foundations of Meta-Analysis
Noel Card, Associate Professor
University of Arizona
| Monday | June 10, 2013 |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Welcome and course overview |
| 9:45 – 10:30 | Introduction to meta-analysis |
| 10:45 –1 2:00 | Advantages and criticisms of meta-analysis |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch * |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Problem formulation and searching the literature |
| 3:15 – 5:00 | Identifying and coding variables in primary literature |
| 5:00 – 8:30 | Free BBQ (burgers, veggie burgers, brats) and open beer/wine bar at Holiday Inn |
| Tuesday | June 11, 2013 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Computing effect sizes I: Introduction to effect sizes; computing Z or r from reported data |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Computing effect sizes II: Computing d or o from reported data; standard errors |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch * |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Computing effect sizes III: Correcting effect sizes for artifacts |
| 3:15 – 5:00 | Q&A on searching and study coding / consulting on individual projects |
| 5:45 | Free Bus to Downtown Departs |
| 8:45 | Free Bus returns from Downtown |
| Wednesday | June 12, 2013 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Combining effect sizes I: Computing (fixed-effects) mean effect sizes |
| 10:45 – 11: 30 | Combining effect sizes II: Evaluating heterogeneity of effect sizes |
| 11:30 – 1:00 | Lunch * |
| 1:00 – 3:00 | Combining effect sizes III: Fixed- and random-effects models |
| 3:15 – 5:00 | Q&A on combining effect sizes / consulting on individual projects |
| 5:45 | Free Bus to Downtown Departs |
| 8:45 | Free Bus returns from Downtown |
| Thursday | June 13, 2013 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Comparing effect sizes I: Categorical moderator analysis |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Comparing effect sizes II: Continuous moderator analysis |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch * |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Comparing effect sizes III: Multiple / confounded moderators |
| 3:15 – 5:00 | Q&A on moderator analyses / consulting on individual projects |
| 5:45 | Free Bus to Downtown Departs |
| 8:45 | Free Bus returns from Downtown |
| Friday | June 14, 2013 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Diagnostics (e.g., evaluating publication bias) |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Reporting results of a meta-analysis (graphical displays; writing tips) |
| 12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch * |
| 1:00 – 4:00 | Wrap-up / consulting on individual projects |
* Our group lunch is included in the Holiday Inn room rate and tickets for the group lunch are also available for purchase for those not staying at the Holiday Inn. There are other lunch options in Lawrence as well.
Course Files
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Contact Information
For information on course content, contact Noel A. Card.
A full list of prices and fellowship opportunities for this course and all the courses offered at this year's Summer Institutes in Statistics can be found on the Fees and Registration Page.