- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 Place of Meta-analysis among Other Methods of Research Synthesis -
2 The Procedure of Meta-analysis in a Nutshell -
3 First Steps in Beginning a Meta-analysis -
4 Gathering Data: Searching Literature and Selection Criteria -
5 Extraction and Critical Appraisal of Data -
6 Effect Sizes: Conventional Choices and Calculations -
7 Using Other Metrics of Effect Size in Meta-analysis -
8 Statistical Models and Approaches to Inference -
9 Moment and Least-Squares Based Approaches to Meta-analytic Inference -
10 Maximum Likelihood Approaches to Meta-analysis -
11 Bayesian Meta-analysis -
12 Software for Statistical Meta-analysis -
13 Recovering Missing or Partial Data from Studies: A Survey of Conversions and Imputations for Meta-analysis -
14 Publication and Related Biases -
15 Temporal Trends in Effect Sizes: Causes, Detection, and Implications -
16 Statistical Models for the Meta-analysis of Nonindependent Data -
17 Phylogenetic Nonindependence and Meta-analysis -
18 Meta-analysis of Primary Data -
19 Meta-analysis of Results from Multisite Studies -
20 Quality Standards for Research Syntheses -
21 Graphical Presentation of Results -
22 Power Statistics for Meta-analysis: Tests for Mean Effects and Homogeneity -
23 Role of Meta-analysis in Interpreting the Scientific Literature -
24 Using Meta-analysis to Test Ecological and Evolutionary Theory -
25 History and Progress of Meta-analysis -
26 Contributions of Meta-analysis to Conservation and Management -
27 Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution - Glossary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- References
- List of Contributors
- Subject Index
Recovering Missing or Partial Data from Studies: a Survey of Conversions and Imputations for Meta-analysis
Recovering Missing or Partial Data from Studies: a Survey of Conversions and Imputations for Meta-analysis
- Chapter:
- (p.195) 13 Recovering Missing or Partial Data from Studies: A Survey of Conversions and Imputations for Meta-analysis
- Source:
- Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution
- Author(s):
Marc J. Lajeunesse
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
This chapter discusses possible solutions for dealing with partial information and missing data from published studies. These solutions can improve the amount of information extracted from individual studies, and increase the representation of data for meta-analysis. It begins with a description of the mechanisms that generate missing information within studies, followed by a discussion of how gaps of information can influence meta-analysis and the way studies are quantitatively reviewed. It then suggests some practical solutions to recovering missing statistics from published studies. These include statistical acrobatics to convert available information (e.g., t-test) into those that are more useful to compute effect sizes, as well as a heuristic approaches that impute (fill gaps) missing information when pooling effect sizes. Finally, the chapter discusses multiple-imputation methods that account for the uncertainty associated with filling gaps of information when performing meta-analysis.
Keywords: partial information, missing data, published studies, meta-analysis, imputation methods
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 Place of Meta-analysis among Other Methods of Research Synthesis -
2 The Procedure of Meta-analysis in a Nutshell -
3 First Steps in Beginning a Meta-analysis -
4 Gathering Data: Searching Literature and Selection Criteria -
5 Extraction and Critical Appraisal of Data -
6 Effect Sizes: Conventional Choices and Calculations -
7 Using Other Metrics of Effect Size in Meta-analysis -
8 Statistical Models and Approaches to Inference -
9 Moment and Least-Squares Based Approaches to Meta-analytic Inference -
10 Maximum Likelihood Approaches to Meta-analysis -
11 Bayesian Meta-analysis -
12 Software for Statistical Meta-analysis -
13 Recovering Missing or Partial Data from Studies: A Survey of Conversions and Imputations for Meta-analysis -
14 Publication and Related Biases -
15 Temporal Trends in Effect Sizes: Causes, Detection, and Implications -
16 Statistical Models for the Meta-analysis of Nonindependent Data -
17 Phylogenetic Nonindependence and Meta-analysis -
18 Meta-analysis of Primary Data -
19 Meta-analysis of Results from Multisite Studies -
20 Quality Standards for Research Syntheses -
21 Graphical Presentation of Results -
22 Power Statistics for Meta-analysis: Tests for Mean Effects and Homogeneity -
23 Role of Meta-analysis in Interpreting the Scientific Literature -
24 Using Meta-analysis to Test Ecological and Evolutionary Theory -
25 History and Progress of Meta-analysis -
26 Contributions of Meta-analysis to Conservation and Management -
27 Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution - Glossary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- References
- List of Contributors
- Subject Index
