Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research

by Richard J. Light and David B. Pillemer

Book Overview

How can a scientist or policy analyst summarize and evaluate what is already known about a particular topic? This book offers practical guidance.

The amount and diversity of information generated by academic and policy researchers in the contemporary world is staggering. How is an investigator to cope with the tens or even hundreds of studies on a particular problem? How can conflicting findings be reconciled? Richard Light and David Pillemer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674854314
• ISBN13: 9780674854314
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction to meta-analysis

It is essential for researchers to understand meta-analysis. This book, along with Wolf's pamphlet, Meta-Analysis (Sage), provides an exceptionally clear introduction.