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Bayesian Approaches to Fixed Effects Meta-Analysis
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Domínguez Islas, Clara; Rice, Kenneth M. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Bayesian methods seem a natural choice for combining sources of evidence in meta-analyses. However, in practice, their sensitivity to the choice of prior distribution is much less attractive, particularly for parameters describing heterogeneity. A recent non-Bayesian approach to fixed-effects meta-analysis provides novel ways to think about…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Evidence, Meta Analysis, Statistical Inference
Correct Standard Errors Can Bias Meta-Analysis
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Stanley, T. D.; Doucouliagos, Hristos – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Partial correlation coefficients are often used as effect sizes in the meta-analysis and systematic review of multiple regression analysis research results. There are two well-known formulas for the variance and thereby for the standard error (SE) of partial correlation coefficients (PCC). One is considered the "correct" variance in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Statistical Bias, Error Patterns, Error Correction
Changes in Author, Editor, and Reviewer Genders over 42 Years in "Teaching of Psychology"
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McCann, Lee I.; Ebert, Alexandria R.; Timmins, Rebecca R.; Thompson, Ashley E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
The present study examined changes in the genders of authors, first authors, reviewers, and editorial staff over 42 years (1974-2015) in "Teaching of Psychology." Over the first 6 years of the journal's publication, 17.67% of authors and 16.5% of first authors were women, increasing to 57.83% and 44% in the most recent 6 years. From the…
Descriptors: Authors, Editing, Gender Differences, Psychology
The World's Approach toward Publishing in Springer and Elsevier's APC-Funded Open Access Journals
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Sotudeh, Hajar; Ghasempour, Zahra – College & Research Libraries, 2018
Purpose: The present study explored tendencies of the world's countries--at individual and scientific development levels--toward publishing in APC-funded open access journals. Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a bibliometric method, it studied OA and NOA articles issued in Springer and Elsevier's APC journals? during 2007-2011. The data were…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Journal Articles, Electronic Publishing, Bibliometrics
Accounting for Influence: Acknowledgments in Contemporary Sociology.
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Cronin, Blaise; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Analyzes the scale and significance of acknowledgment behavior in 10 highly ranked sociology journals over a 10-year period. Peer interactive communication is discussed; correlation between frequency of acknowledgment and frequency of citation is examined; and incorporating acknowledgment data into the academic audit process is considered.…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Correlation, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Publishing
Citation-Based Auditing of Academic Performance.
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Cronin, Blaise; Overfelt, Kara – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Explores the use of citation data in evaluating research performance of academic programs and individual faculty members based on a 10-year analysis of the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. The use of three methods conjointly for allocating citational credit to multiauthored works is discussed. (Contains 35…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Publishing