Meta-analysis

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► Have you ever wanted to learn about meta-analyses or conduct a meta-analysis but didn't know where to start? This webpage is devoted to providing you expert opinion on what you need to know to start your own meta-analysis.

► With the thousands of meta-analyses conducted in all areas of psychology over the past few decades, there has been an ever-increasing number of articles, books, and software programs devoted to how to conduct a meta-analysis. Below, you can find out which of the many sources of information are the most useful and why -- so that you have an easy-to-use starting place for learning everything about meta-analytic reviews.

Contents 1 Where should I start?

Where should I start?

If you want to learn what is a meta-analysis... For the basics, see below where we lay out: the definition of a meta-anlaysis, the three basic questions answered by a meta, the the five steps involved in a meta-analysis, For more in-depth discussion and explanations... start first with [[Rosenthal