Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews (Applied Social Research Methods) - Softcover

Cooper, Harris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761913483 ISBN 13: 9780761913481

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Lauded by thousands of readers for providing researchers with the first practical approach for doing systematic literature reviews, this popular book has been thoroughly updated and revised to include the latest information on the use of electronic technology and the Internet to conduct literature searches.

This new edition of Synthesizing Research includes expanded discussion of retrieving and coding information from research documents to the production of coding sheets, as well as updated coverage of report writing that includes APA′s new guidelines and recent practices adopted by research syntheses.

About this title

About the Author:

Harris Cooper is Hugo L. Blomquist professor for psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. In 2007, he received the Contributions to Research Synthesis Methodology Award from the International Campbell Collaboration. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology. He has been the editor of Psychological Bulletin and Archives of Scientific Psychology. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Chief Editorial Advisor to the American Psychological Association’s journal publishing program. His substantive interests include application of social and developmental psychology to education policy.

Review:

"This manual, prepared for social scientists, includes use of electronic technology and the Internet for literature searches, expanded discussion of retrieving and coding information from research documents, and updated coverage of report editing using American Psychological Associations new guidelines and recent practices." 

Author: A.H. Source: Publishing Research Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761913483
• ISBN 13: 9780761913481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 216