… I argue that many areas of social science research are in less need of further research than
they are in need of organization of the existing research. A second obstacle is that studies …

… There follows an exposition of some early examples of meta-analysis in the social sciences…
of social science research were carried out much earlier than most social scientists imagine. …

… The remainder of this article describes the methodology employed in identifying the meta-…
meta-analyses as well as their implications for social science research. Compilation of Meta-…

… sciences as a tool for hypothesis testing. However, the assumptions underlying meta-analytic
hypothesis testing in the social sciences will … This is the reason why meta-analysis is …

… of metaanalysis in medicine has obscured a similar growth in the social sciences, where the
… a startling review of meta-analyses in the social sciences by political scientists Mark Lipsey …

… Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are used to … , social science, business, ecology,
and other fields. While this is probably the most common use of the methodology, meta-analysis …

… and dissemination of knowledge about the political, social, and economic problems of
America. It conducts research in the social sciences and public policy and publishes books and …

… Yet the dominant pattern of review papers in the behavioral and social sciences has been
to review each study on an individual basis with little or no attention to the role of sampling …

… the meta-analysis of social science research. It approaches the use of modern statistical
methods in meta-analysis … The treatment is limited to meta-analysis of studies of between-group …

… The current paper reviews four practical issues that may be encountered in meta-analyses
of applied social science research, and presents a multidisciplinary review of some …