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Meta‐analysis at middle age: a personal history
Author(s) -
Glass Gene V.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
research synthesis methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.376
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1759-2887
pISSN - 1759-2879
DOI - 10.1002/jrsm.1133
Subject(s) - meta analysis , point (geometry) , class (philosophy) , research methodology , computer science , psychology , mathematics education , sociology , artificial intelligence , medicine , demography , population , geometry , mathematics
The 40‐year history of meta‐analysis is traced from the vantage point of one of its originators. Research syntheses leading to the first examples of meta‐analysis are identified. Early meta‐analyses of the literature on psychotherapy outcomes and school class size are recounted. The influence on the development of meta‐analysis of several statisticians and psychologists is described. Finally, some directions for future development of research synthesis methods are suggested. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.