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You are invited to participate in the following AOM PDW: 

common meta analytic Mistakes and their consequences:  what do we need to know?

Session #10144

Tentative Schedule: Friday, August 9, 2013
2:45 to 4:45pm

@ Coronado Springs Resort, Durango 1&2
 

In a relatively short period of time, meta-analysis has become a widely accepted and frequently used procedure for conducting research syntheses. However, many management researchers who would like to conduct a meta-analysis are not sure how to proceed. Furthermore, many management scholars who rely on published meta-analyses as summaries of the current state of a research literature are not sure how to evaluate whether the synthesis was done properly, or what the results "really" mean.

The goal of this workshop is to increase participants' knowledge of key features that make a meta-analysis sound or problematic. Subsidiary goals are to (1) provide technical and practical guidance to prospective meta-analysts who wish to produce a high-quality research synthesis; (2) suggest criteria for use to assess whether a meta-analysis should be accepted for publication, revised, or rejected; (3) assist readers of published meta-analyses to evaluate what they are reading, and in doing so, decide whether to trust the results and their interpretation. 

The workshop will begin with a short introduction and general description of the history and progress of the science of meta-analysis, followed by:

1.  A review of a fictitious meta-analysis to highlight typical errors,

2.  A discussion of frequently asked questions and misunderstandings

3.  An overview of APA's Meta-analysis Reporting Standards (MARS), and

4.  A roundtable conversation with participants for hands-on advice about their specific meta-analytic questions.

To maximize the value of the roundtable component, we strongly encourage participants to send specific questions regarding meta-analyses they are planning, conducting, writing-up or reading to Zhu.Zhu@baruch.cuny.edu by August 7. In this portion of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to split into groups, based on meta-analytic experience or interests. The link to the session can be found here: http://program.aomonline.org/2013/Session_Details.asp?print=true&SubmissionID=10144

This PDW is led by Hannah R. Rothstein and advanced doctoral students Yonathan Feffer and Zhu Zhu (Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York). Hannah is co-developer of Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software, co-author of Introduction to Meta-Analysis,  co-editor of Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments, Editor-in-Chief of Research Synthesis Methods, consulting editor for Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Methods, Organizational Research Methods and Systematic Reviews and member of the editorial board of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. Yonathan and Zhu Zhu are meta-analysis survivors and advocates.