TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints826
UR  - http://cogprints.org/826/
A1  - Chow, Siu L.
Y1  - 1987///
N2  - Meta-analysis refers to a set of statistical procedures used to summarize and integrate many empirical studies that focus on one issue. This numerical method of integrating research findings is said to be superior to the narrative type of reviews because it is more objective, reliable, and rigorous. Moreover, the meta-analytic approach is supposedly capable of resolving research controversies, strengthening empirical hypotheses, and discovering new relationships among variables. In this study, these claims are examined and found to be wanting. Some objections to the use of meta-analysis as a means of substantiating theoretical assertions are raised with reference to the rationale of experimentation and to how knowledge evolves. It is concluded that it is inappropriate to apply meta-analysis to integrate theoretical research.
KW  - meta-analysis
KW  -  theory corroboration
KW  -  the quality problem
KW  -  the commensurability problem
KW  -  the selection-bias problem
KW  -  the nonindependence problem
KW  -  the "rigor
KW  -  replicability
KW  -  and objectivity" claim
TI  - Meta-Analysis of Pragmatic and Theoretical Research: A Critique
SP  - 259
AV  - public
EP  - 271
ER  -

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