Timulak, Ladislav,

Essentials of qualitative meta-analysis / Ladislav Timulak and Mary Creaner. - viii, 100 pages ; 23 cm. - Essentials of qualitative methods series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Qualitative meta-analysis: its origins and rationale - situating our perspective -- Defining the research problem and planning the study -- Selecting and appraising primary studies and extracting the data -- Analyzing meta-analytic data -- Limitations and challenges of qualitative meta-analysis -- Publishing qualitative meta-analysis -- Summary and future directions.

"This book is a step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative meta-analysis (QMA), a flexible and generic method that synthesizes the findings of several research studies investigating similar phenomena. Given the ever-increasing number of qualitative studies in the social sciences, QMA answers the need for rigorous secondary analysis that offers a more conclusive picture of a field of inquiry.
The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to qualitative methods, offering exciting opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data and to develop rich and useful findings"--

9781433838484

2022016737


Meta-analysis.
Psychology--Qualitative research.

R853.M48 / .T56 2023

610.721 / T489e