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Understanding the Role and Methods of Meta-Analysis in IS Research

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Four methods for reviewing a body of research literature - narrative review, descriptive review, vote-counting, and meta-analysis - are compared. Meta-analysis as a formalized, systematic review method is discussed in detail in terms of its history, current status, advantages, common analytic methods, and recent developments.

Source: Communications of the Association for Information Systems

DOI: 10.17705/1cais.01632

Authors: William R. King, Jun He

Institution: University of Pittsburgh

Language: English

Topic: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1598774053

FWCI: 2.695

Cites: 73

Cited by: 319

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