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Peer reviewedPillemer, David B.; Light, Richard J. – Harvard Educational Review, 1980
Discusses the purposes and benefits of data synthesis, explaining the major techniques of extracting information from related studies and using it to explain conflicting outcomes. Stresses the importance of the analyst's attention to detailed features of each study and describes the steps of a systematic approach to synthesis. (SK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Literature Reviews, Research Design, Research Methodology
