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Analysgned to provws, research smeta‐analysheory developes, identifyinbinary data, among effe‐ and random, subgroup aups, multiple analysis, and f applied statbasic meta‐avaluation, or sis vide studentssyntheses, anis in formulatpment, princing and retrieand correlaect sizes, facm‐effects modanalyses, metoutcomes ornon‐statisticatistics and reanalysis. EVAan equivales with the knnd meta‐analyting and enaciples and proeving literatuations) and ctors that afdels for metata‐regressionr time pointsal methods oesearch desigL 6970: Expent course (enowledge, skyses. Topics ccting evidenccedures for pure, coding their correspffect precisioa‐analysis, ide, meta‐analy), power anaof research sygn to succeederimental and.g., EMR 655ills, and covered e‐based planning studies, ponding on (e.g., entifying ysis with lysis for ynthesis. d in the d Quasi‐50), is a Spring 2011 EVAL 6970 1 Credit and Course Hours 3 semester hours This class meets from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM on Wednesdays beginning the week of January 10, 2011 and ending the week of April 25, 2011. The course meets in Ellsworth Hall, room 4410, in The Evaluation Center. Instructor Chris L. S. Coryn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation Telephone: 269‐387‐5906 E‐mail: [email protected] Course Website The Website for this course is located at http://evaluation.wmich.edu/phd/courses/meta‐analysis. From this site students can access assigned readings, data sets, spreadsheets, and other materials related to the course. Office Hours By appointment. Course Objectives This course has multiple student learning objectives. Students will be expected to develop the following knowledge, skills, and abilities: 1. An understanding of the increasing importance of, applications and uses of, and recognition of meta‐analysis for formulating and enacting evidence‐based policies and practices 2. An ability to plan and execute a basic meta‐analysis 3. An ability to compute a variety of effect sizes for use in meta‐analysis 4. An ability to compute variances, standard errors, and confidence intervals for use in a meta‐analysis and an understanding of their influence on summary statistics typically reported in a meta‐analysis 5. An ability to convert amo ng different types of effects sizes (e.g., from a log odds ratio to d or from d to a log odds ratio) 6. Understanding the differences between fixed‐ and random‐effects models for meta‐analysis, their assumptions, interpretations, and when each is appropriate 7. An ability to identify and quantify heterogeneity in the context of a meta‐analysis 8. An ability to identify how statistical power is affected by moving fr om primary studies to a meta‐analysis and how to extend statistical power concepts to meta‐analysis 9. An ability to statistically model publication bias and its impact on a meta‐analysis 10. An ability to execute a meta‐analysis in the Comprehensive Meta‐Analysis 2.0 software package Spring 201RequireTwcrRTh ATh 11 d Textbookwo textbooksritically assesRequired Tehe textbooks Bm Csy Additional Rhe following Anderson,be13Bland, C. staBritten, NetSeCook, T. DwiDuBois, Dpr30Peterson, Jseks and Reads are requires several otheextbooks required for Bornenstein, Mmeta‐analysisCooper, H., Hynthesis and Readings readings are C. A., et al. ehavior in eas36(2), 151‐173J., Meurer, Latistical metaN., Campbell,hnography tervices ResearD., & Leviton,ith meta‐anal. L., Hollowaograms for y0(2), 157‐197.J. L., & Shiblexuality, 1993–dings d for this coer required rethis course aM., Hedges, L. West SussexHedges, L. V.meta‐analysirequired in a(2010). Violstern and we3. L. N., & Malda‐analysis of r R., Pope, Co synthesizerch and Policy L. C. (1980).lysis. Journal ay, B. E., Valyouth: A met. ey Hyde, J. (20–2007. PsychEVAL 6970urse. In additeadings. Addire: L. V., Higginsx, UK: Wiley., & Valentinis (2nd ed.). Neddition to theent video gaestern countrdonado, G. (1research literaC., Donovan,e qualitative y, 7(4), 209‐21. Reviewing tof Personalityentine, J. C.,ta‐analytic re010). A meta‐hological Bulle0 tion, studentitional readins, J. P. T., & Rne, J. C. (Edsew York, NY: e two requireame effects ories: A meta‐1995). A systature. Academ, J., Morganresearch: a 15. the literaturey, 48(4), 449‐, & Cooper, eview. Americ‐analytic revieetin, 136(1), 2 ts are requirengs may be asRothstein, H. s.). (2009). TRussell Sage ed textbooks:on aggression‐analytic revieematic appromic Medicinen, M., & Pill worked exae: A comparis‐472. H. (2002). Ecan Journal oew of researc21‐38. ed to read, ressigned. R. (2009). InThe handbookFoundation. n, empathy, ew. Psycholooach to conde, 70(7), 642‐6, R. (2002). ample. Journson of traditioffectiveness of Communitch on gender 2eflect on, andntroduction tok of researchand prosociaogical Bulletinducting a non653. Using metanal of Healthonal methodof mentoringty Psychologydifferences ind o h al n, ‐‐h s g y, n Spring 2011 EVAL 6970 3 Schwandt, T. A. (2000). Meta‐analysis and everyday life: The good, the bad, and the ugly. American Journal of


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