This book examines the work of early-twentieth century charity organizations, in particular those in urban environments.

Mary E. Richmond was the author of “Friendly Visiting Among the Poor,” general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

The organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, compiled from studies by Charles J. O’Connor, Francis H. McLean, Helen Swett Artieda, James Marvin Motley, Jessica Peixotto, and Mary Roberts Coolidge, offering a book of ready reference for use on occasions of special emergency.

A survey of public schools conducted by the Department of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation under the direction of Leonard P. Ayres. Part of the Springfield Survey.

A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, the result of field investigations on vital statistics carried out between March and May, 1914, supplemented by co-operative efforts by city and state officials and local volunteer workers.

FRANZ SCHNEIDER, JR. was sanitarian at the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

Report to the Chicago Woman’s Club, The Chicago Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the Woman’s City Club

Contributors: Sophonisba P. Breckinridge and Edith Abbott, directors of the Department of Social Investigation, the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, and Anne S. Davis, special investigator for the Chicago Woman’s Club, the Chicago Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Woman’s City Club

A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, examining the correctional system of Springfield, Illinois, including adult offenders, juvenile delinquents, and the organization of the police department.

ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

Proceedings of a conference on the prospective work of Carson College for Girls and Charles E. Ellis College, called by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation, held at Philadelphia, October 13–14, 1915, on invitation of the Trustees of Carson College and Ellis College.

Foreword by Hastings H. Hart, president of the conference.

Reprinted from Proceedings of the Third Annual Playground Congress, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 10-14, 1909, for the Playground Association of America.

Jennie Bradley Roessing, vice-president, Pittsburgh Playground Association

Elizabeth Burchenal, inspector of athletics, girls’ branch, Public Schools Athletic League, New York City

President's address at the Fifty-Second Annual Congress of the American Prison Association, Detroit, Michigan, October 12, 1922.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping at the Russell Sage Foundation.

PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITIONS

“ As someone who is highly involved in conducting meta-analyses and teaching meta-analysis to students, I can say that this handbook has a chapter on every issue that arises. Each chapter is written by a major expert in the field and provides authoritative answers. The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis is a must-have for anyone working on meta-analysis.”
—JANET SHIBLEY HYDE, Helen Thompson Woolley Professor, University of Wisconsin

“[A] tour de force, an indispensable reference that no meta-analyst will want to be without. It is elegantly organized, encyclopedic in breadth and coverage, and articulate in exposition of the role meta-analysis plays in advancing the cumulative nature of knowledge. [The book] is destined to become a classic . . . highly recommended and a must for any serious student or practitioner of the research enterprise.”
—FREDERIC M. WOLF, Learning Resource Center, University of Michigan

Research synthesis is the practice of systematically distilling and integrating data from many studies in order to draw more reliable conclusions about a given research issue. When the first edition of The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis was published in 1994, it quickly became the definitive reference for conducting meta-analyses in both the social and behavioral sciences. In the third edition, editors Harris Cooper, Larry Hedges, and Jeff Valentine present updated versions of classic chapters and add new sections that evaluate cutting-edge developments in the field.

The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis draws upon groundbreaking advances that have transformed research synthesis from a narrative craft into an important scientific process in its own right. The editors and leading scholars guide the reader through every stage of the research synthesis process—problem formulation, literature search and evaluation, statistical integration, and report preparation. The Handbook incorporates state-of-the-art techniques from all quantitative synthesis traditions and distills a vast literature to explain the most effective solutions to the problems of quantitative data integration. Among the statistical issues addressed are the synthesis of non-independent data sets, fixed and random effects methods, the performance of sensitivity analyses and model assessments, the development of machine-based abstract screening, the increased use of meta-regression and the problems of missing data. The Handbook also addresses the non-statistical aspects of research synthesis, including searching the literature and developing schemes for gathering information from study reports. Those engaged in research synthesis will find useful advice on how tables, graphs, and narration can foster communication of the results of research syntheses.

The third edition of the Handbook provides comprehensive instruction in the skills necessary to conduct research syntheses and represents the premier text on research synthesis.

HARRIS COOPER is Hugo L. Blomquist Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University.

LARRY V. HEDGES is Professor of Statistics and Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.

JEFFREY C. VALENTINE is Professor of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville.

CONTRIBUTORS Ariel M. Aloe, Betsy Jane Becker, Michael Borenstein, Kathleen Coburn, Thomas D. Cook, Harris Cooper, Dean Giustini, Julie Glanville, Sean Grant, Larry V. Hedges, Julian P. T. Higgins, Spyros Konstantopoulos, Huy Le, Mark W. Lipsey, Georg E. Matt, In-Sue Oh, Robert G. Orwin, Terri D. Pigott, Frank L. Schmidt, Rebecca Turner, Jeffrey C. Valentine, Jack L. Vevea, Howard D. White, David B. Wilson, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Sandra Jo Wilson, Nicole A. M. Zelinsky