Building a Better Bibliography

Posted: August 21, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

My previous blog post was more than two months ago.  Since then I’ve nearly completed Part 6 in my 7-part overview of meta-analysis, about various types of problems that can arise.  It’s long-ish and covers several pertinent issues, such as aberrant cases (e.g., outliers), sources of bias (e.g., reporting biases, artifacts), threats to validity, and sensitivity analyses.  I’d like to post that before September.

Meanwhile, I invite you to test-drive the project that’s consumed much of my time during the past couple of months: building a CiteULike library on methodology for research synthesis (Meth4ReSyn). Read the rest of this entry »

Resources for Learning and Doing Research Synthesis, Part 2

Posted: February 15, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In Part 1 of this two-part post I mentioned a few major organizations that provide resources for research synthesis and described numerous training opportunities.  Here, in Part 2, I’ll discuss the plethora of publications on relevant methodology, options for software, and potential benefits of involving collaborators (e.g., colleagues, consultants).
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Content of and Plan for ‘Meta-Analysis Sandwich’

Posted: February 1, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Welcome to my first ever blog.  In this inaugural post I’ll comment on topics I anticipate covering, a few challenges of blogging about statistics, and my primary reasons for undertaking this endeavor.

Anticipated Topics

This blog is about meta-analysis methodology and related topics.  Let’s break that down:
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