Module 2: Calculating, Synthesizing, and Interpreting Effect Size

2.3 Interpreting Effect Sizes/Wrap Up

(Session 2.3, 02/05/08)

Unit 15: Sensitivity Analysis for Effect Sizes (Bob Bernard)

• Forest Plots
• Testing for homogeneity of effect size
• Calculating and Interpreting the Q-statistic

Unit 16: Sensitivity Analysis for Effect Sizes (Bob Bernard)

• One study’s effect size
• Testing moderator variables
  • Methodological quality
  • Substantive study features
  • Questions & Answers

Wrap-up: Where to Go From Here (Chad Nye)

• Completing a review
• Questions & Answers

Materials

Reading assignment: Roberts and Petticrew (2006) Chapter 7; Lipsey and Wilson (2001) Chapter 6 and 7.

Module 2 Units 14 & 15 (MS Word 2.9 MB)     

Archive Recording Files

Audio files:

• O_unit_15_archive_020508.WMA WMA format (5.6MB) [48 min.]
• P_unit_16_archive_020508.WMA WMA format (7MB) [59 min.]

Download MS LiveMeeting High-Fidelity Presentation files: (Zip archive file - PC only)

(Not Macintosh compatible. Download and "unzip" the files; click on "START." In some cases you may be asked to install the "Live Meeting Replay Wrapper.")

• O unit 15 .ZIP archive (7MB) [48 min.]
• P unit 16 .ZIP archive (8.4MB) [59 min.]