More Tools for the Synthesist’s Toolbag in Harris Cooper’s Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach (4th ed.)

Authors

Carla Hansen, Nova Southeastern University

Abstract

The need for research synthesis grows along with the volume of contemporary published scholarship. Reporting such synthesis warrants rigorous guidelines for preparing these important, information-rich documents that make statements concerning the state of knowledge about a topic, gaps in knowledge, or the aggregation or integration of primary research. Cooper’s revised and expanded fourth edition of Research Synthesis and Meta­Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach (2010) provides these needed guidelines with special attention given to the threats to validity at all steps of the research synthesis process.

Keywords

Quantitative, Qualitative, Research Synthesis, Systematic, Guidelines, Meta-Analysis, Synthesist, Validity

Author Bio(s)

Carla Hansen, RN, is a student in the Qualitative Research Graduate Certificate program at Nova Southeastern University. Her research interests are mostly in the field of neuropsychology; specifically, laterality related to academic or motor learning, physical health behaviors, environmental health behaviors, and spirituality. She can be contacted at marshall569@gmail.com.

Publication Date

12-28-2009

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2009.2865

Recommended APA Citation

Hansen, C. (2009). More Tools for the Synthesist’s Toolbag in Harris Cooper’s Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach (4th ed.). The Qualitative Report, 15(1), 301-305. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2009.2865

Comments

Original volume and issue number from The Qualitative Weekly, an offshoot publication of The Qualitative Report which has been folded into the primary journal: Volume 2, Issue 52