02317cam a2200337 i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000310008903500130012004000340013304200080016705000240017508200360019910000320023524500820026726400830034930000300043233600260046233700280048833800270051649000450054350400510058850503740063952007060101365000190171965000380173870000280177677601750180422534323CSPC20261028112326.0220504s2023    dcu      b    001 0 eng    a  2022016737  a9781433838484q(paperback)  a22534323  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdCSPC  apcc00aR853.M48b.T56 202300a610.721bT489e223/eng/202206021 aTimulak, Ladislav,eauthor.10aEssentials of qualitative meta-analysis /cLadislav Timulak and Mary Creaner. 1aWashington, District of Columbia :bAmerican Psychological Association,c2023.  aviii, 100 pages ;c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aEssentials of qualitative methods series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aQualitative 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.  a"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"--cProvided by publisher. 0aMeta-analysis. 0aPsychologyxQualitative research.1 aCreaner, Mary,eauthor.08iOnline version:aTimulak, Ladislav.tEssentials of qualitative meta-analysisdWashington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2023]z9781433838491w(DLC) 2022016738