Meta-analysis helps psychologists build knowledge
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 08:03
in Psychology & Sociology
(Medical Xpress) -- When scientists want to know the answer to a question thats been studied a great deal, they conduct something called a meta-analysis, pooling data from multiple studies to arrive at one combined answer. Some people think this creates a chilling effect, shutting off further inquiry. But the authors of a new paper published in Perspectives in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, write that meta-analysis actually helps scientific fields develop.