Overview of Meta-Analysis, Part 3 (of 7): Effect-Size Features

In Part 2 of this seven-part overview, I described obtaining the sample size(s) or conditional variance (CV) associated with an effect-size (ES) estimate to quantify this estimate’s sampling error or (im)precision.  Here in Part 3 I’ll address coding features linked to ESs.  Whereas this overview’s first three parts focus on collecting data used in a research synthesis, its subsequent four parts will address meta-analyzing these data and presenting results.  (Part 1 lists the topics for all seven parts.)
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