整合分析概况
什么叫Meta-analysis?
整合分析(Meta-analysis),又译为综合分析,是 指针对同一问题所取得的多个独立实验结果进行 比较综合的一类统计方法。
通过比较和综合分析的结论是否有意义,取决于 这些研究是否满足特定的条件(Fleiss and Gross, 1991)。
整合分析的特点
7) 统计检验:Examine the significance level of the indices of central tendency
8) 评估效应值:Evaluate the importance of the obtained effect size
9) 报道研究:Report the meta-analysis findings
较早的Meta-analysis的介绍
以整合分析为主题的文章逐年增多
Number of publications about meta-analysis, 1950-2014 (Web of Science)
1990-2014生态学刊物以整合分析为主题的论文数
刊物名
Ecological Applications Ecological Monographs Evolutionary Ecology Functional Ecology Global Change Biology Journal of Animal Ecology Journal of Ecology
3) 文献阅读:Read each article's method and results very carefully, assessing how independent and dependent variables were operationalized and measured