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Meta-analysis (2)

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Systematic Reviews and Weather Forecasts – how purpose shapes the significance of systematic reviews for different education stakeholders

Philippa Cordingley – Chief Executive CUREE Paul Crisp – Managing Director CUREE Steve Higgins – Professor of Education, Durham University We are...

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What should we do about meta-analysis and effect size?

By Rob Coe In part 1 of this series of blog posts, I set out some of the recent criticisms that have been made by researchers such as Wiliam, Simpson...

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Serious critiques of meta-analysis and effect size: researchED 2018

By Rob Coe Since I became a researcher in the late 1990s, I have been an advocate of using effect size and meta-analysis for summarising and...

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Evidence-based education: expectations, barriers and pitfalls

By Dr Deborah M. Netolicky Teachers, school leaders, schools, and education systems around the world are increasingly expected to use data to inform...

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