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Renmans, Dimitri – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2023
The last decades have seen an enormous growth in published research and evaluations, which makes it difficult for a researcher to stay up-to-date in their own field, let alone complement their knowledge with insights from other fields. In this paper we give an elaborate overview of a methodology that aims to tackle this task. It builds on the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Synthesis, Realism, Educational Theories
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Barth, Matthias; Thomas, Ian – Environmental Education Research, 2012
Within the emerging field of research on education for sustainability (EfS), case studies are an important if not the predominant research approach, although often criticised for its lack of internal and external validity and a tendency to draw conclusions with insufficient rigour. While, basic concerns have been expressed and discussed in an…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Sustainability, Case Studies, Research Methodology
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Tuquero, Jean Marie – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
This qualitative study utilized a meta-ethnographic approach to synthesize findings of five dissertations that focused on distance learning support services. The history of ethnographical studies stemmed from an anthropological background. Researchers have applied ethnographical approaches to examine and document various phenomena. This…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Ethnography, Doctoral Dissertations
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Herzinger, Caitlin V.; Campbell, Jonathan M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
There has been much research concerning functional assessment over the past 20 years, but several important research considerations have yet to be explained. One is the comparison of different types of functional assessment (e.g., experimental functional analysis and non-experimental functional assessment). The current study aims to compare the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Research Methodology
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Kulik, James A. – 1984
Several developments in the use of the new method of meta-analysis give cause for optimism. First, different meta-analysts are doing work in the same areas, leading to increased confidence in meta-analytic results. Second, meta-analysts are beginning to include raw data in their reports, which helps readers pinpoint the exact studies that lead to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Meta Analysis, Research, Research Methodology
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Kavale, Kenneth A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
Explores the nature of meta-analysis by placing it in the context of research synthesis. Methods of meta-analysis are described and compared with other forms of research integration, and findings for several meta-analyses are provided to show advantages of quantitative review methods. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Effect Size, Health, Medical Care Evaluation
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Hall, Judith A.; Rosenthal, Robert – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
Some guidelines are offered for interpreting and evaluating meta-analytic reviews of research. The choice of unit of analysis, the issue of fixed versus random effects, the meaning of heterogeneity, the determination of appropriate contrasts, and the choice of measures of central tendency are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods, Health
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Davies, Timothy Gray; Harbour, Clifford P.; Banning, James H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Describes the goal of this publication as addressing previous research that will be important in future research by publishing revolutionary articles done during the 1990s decade. Gives examples of topics that will be discussed in the articles: meta-study approach, meta method, and meta findings. (Contains 19 references.) (MZ)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Literature Reviews
Grover, Burton L. – 1993
Meta analytic procedures recommended by various authorities were the subject of a literature review designed not to discuss the relative merits of contrasting recommendations, but to find what is actually in the literature. The sample reviewed included 89 articles published between 1986 and 1992, from 2 journals and 2 information databases. Meta…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Effect Size, Literature Reviews
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Niemiec, Richard; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
Critical examination of reviews of the literature on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) compares and evaluates three traditional and 13 quantitative reviews. Synthesis of the findings indicates that typical effect of CAI is to raise outcome measures by 0.42 standard deviation units, placing average students at 66th percentile of control group…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1999
Focuses on synthesis in research--the combination of thesis and antithesis in the dialectical process, producing a new and higher form of being. Discusses kinds of synthesis (unique communication, plan of operation, abstract relations); synthesizing information pieces; summary practice leading to synthesis; and questions of analysis and synthesis.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Hedges, Larry V.; And Others – 1989
Methods for meta-analysis have evolved dramatically since Gene Glass first proposed the term in 1976. Since that time statistical and nonstatistical aspects of methodology for meta-analysis have been developing at a steady pace. This guide is an attempt to provide a practical introduction to rigorous procedures in the meta-analysis of social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Effect Size, Higher Education, Meta Analysis
Piontek, Mary E. – 1992
Qualitative evaluation and quantitative evaluation are discussed, examining how the perspective of each can and should create a critical debate that encourages inquiry instead of hostility. To achieve the major goal of linking evaluation information to the organization's culture, the evaluator needs to use multiple methods in a responsive,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Epistemology, Evaluation Utilization
Noblit, George W.; Hare, R. Dwight – 1983
Meta-analysis, as a quantitative approach, requires a determination of a basic comparability between phenomena so that the data can be aggregated for the analysis. This is the crux of the problem with the meta-analysis analogy for a meta-ethnography. It implies an aggregate theory of social explanation, and thus may violate the qualitative,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography, Research Methodology
Noblit, George W. – 1982
The failure to attain a true synthesis of six ethnographic studies of interracial education in desegregated schools is examined. Detailed individual descriptions of desegregation processes were yielded but the failure of summary attempts is attributed to the lack of a theory of social explanation appropriate to interpretive social science, and a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
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