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Research Integration for Psychologists: An Overview of Approaches 1
Author(s) -
Oliver Laurel W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1987.tb00295.x
Subject(s) - psychology , identification (biology) , psychological research , applied psychology , management science , social psychology , botany , economics , biology
This article encourages psychologists to learn about and apply nontraditional (quantitative) approaches to research integration. Various research integration approaches (literary, vote‐counting, combining significance levels, and meta‐analytic) are summarized. Also discussed are the advantages of meta‐analytic approaches to research integration and some of the problems posed by the use of such quantitative procedures. Implications for psychology include more complete reporting of research results, integration of research in areas of interest to psychologists, and identification of research gaps.