Free video from online course in meta-analysis(转发函)

Drs. Michael Borenstein and Hannah Rothstein will teach their online course, Introduction to Meta Analysis

For a sample video from the course, click here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWiXeKR3dB4

The course runs from April 6, 2012 to May 4, 2012.

The course covers the following topics
What are the goals of a meta-analysis
How a meta-analysis differs from a narrative review
Computing effect sizes and treatment effects
Computing a combined effect
Fixed-effect vs. random-effects analyses
Heterogeneity in effect sizes
Using analysis of variance and meta-regression
Criticisms of meta-analysis
Publication bias

Software
Participants will also learn how to perform a meta-analysis using the software Comprehensive Meta-Analysis, and will have free use of this program for the duration of the course.

For a sample video about the program, click here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kxJr2sJ8fc&feature=channel

Text
Participants will be required to purchase a copy of Introduction to Meta-Analysis (Michael Borenstein, Larry V Hedges,  Julian Higgins, Hannah Rothstein), published by Wiley (2009).


Discussion board
Participants can ask questions and exchange comments with Drs. Borenstein and Rothstein via a private discussion board throughout the period.


About the instructors

Dr. Borenstein is the co-author (with Larry Hedges, Julian Higgins, and Hannah Rothstein) of Introduction to Meta-Analysis (Wiley, 2009), Computing effect sizes for meta-analysis (Wiley, 2011), and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (Biostat, 2005).  He lectures widely on meta-analysis, and has presented workshops at the NIH, CDC, and the FDA.  He has also served as Director of Biostatistics at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and as Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Rothstein is the co-author (with Larry Hedges, Julian Higgins, and Michael Borenstein) of Introduction to Meta-Analysis (Wiley, 2009), Computing effect sizes for meta-analysis (Wiley, 2011), and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (Biostat, 2005).  She lectures widely on meta-analysis and is on the Editorial Boards of Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Methods, and Organizational Research Methods. She also serves as a professor at Baruch College, City University of New York.

About the course
The course takes place online at statistics.com in a series of 4 weekly lessons and assignments, and will require 10-15 hours per week. There are no set times when you are required to be online.


For more information about the course, fees, and registration click HERE  

For information about the software click HERE

Download sample chapters from the book
Table of contents
Preface
Chapters on fixed-effect vs. random-effects models
Chapter on criticisms of meta-analysis
Order your copy of the book (course enrollment not required)

Download the order form as Word document
Download the order form as PDF document



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