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A history of meta‐regression: Technical, conceptual, and practical developments between 1974 and 2018

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: At the beginning of the development of meta-analysis, understanding the role of moderators was given the highest priority, with meta-regression provided as a method for achieving this goal. Yet in current practice, meta-regression is not as commonly used as anticipated. This paper seeks to understand this mismatch by reviewing the history of meta-regression methods over the past 40 years. We divide this time span into four periods and examine three types of methodological developments within each period: technical, conceptual, and practical. Our focus is broad and includes development of methods in the fields of education, psychology, and medicine. We conclude the paper with a discussion of five consensus points, as well as open questions and areas of research for the future.

Source: Research Synthesis Methods

DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1338

Authors: Elizabeth Tipton, James E. Pustejovsky, Hedyeh Ahmadi

Institutions: Northwestern University, Columbia University, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,020

OpenAlex ID: W2907033972

FWCI: 4.614

Cites: 108

Cited by: 97

Related to: 10