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The Role of Meta-analysis in Educational Research

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Meta-analysis is now a well-established form of synthesizing literature, and syntheses of meta-analyses are now being produced in educational research. The chapter provides an overview of the method, discusses syntheses of meta-analyses, and argues that these methods can be of particular assistance for establishing benchmarks of comparison about educational outcomes. The literature relating to influences on achievement is used to explore the issues.

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  1. Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, 3010, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    John Hattie

  2. Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, 115 N Eagleville Rd, 06269, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, USA

    H. Jane Rogers

  3. Department of Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, 115 N Eagleville Rd, 06269, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, USA

    Hariharan Swaminathan

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  1. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Alan D. Reid

  2. Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    E. Paul Hart

  3. Hamilton Campus, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Michael A. Peters

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Hattie, J., Rogers, H.J., Swaminathan, H. (2014). The Role of Meta-analysis in Educational Research. In: Reid, A., Hart, E., Peters, M. (eds) A Companion to Research in Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6809-3_26

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