Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2008):

Methodological issues in meta-analyzing standard deviations: Comment on Bond and DePaulo (2008).

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In this comment on C. F. Bond and B. M. DePaulo, the authors raise methodological concerns about the approach used to analyze the data. The authors suggest further refinement of the procedures used, and they compare the approach taken by Bond and DePaulo with standard methods for meta-analysis.PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA

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Author information

Author/s: Pigott, Therese D (TD); Wu, Meng-Jia (MJ);

Affiliation: School of Education, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. tpigott(-atsign-)luc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Psychological bulletin (Psychol Bull), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 134 (issue 4) : pp 498-500; discussion 501-3

Dates: Created 2008/07/08; Completed 2008/08/28;

PMID: 18605816, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Psychol Bull. 2008 Jul;134(4):477-92. (PMID: 18605814)

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Deception Humans Individuality Judgment - physiology Meta-Analysis as Topic

Observer Variation Psychometrics - methods Regression Analysis Reproducibility of Results Social Behavior

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