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Psychologists often use special computer programs to perform meta-analysis. Until recently, this had been necessary because standard statistical packages did not provide procedures for such analysis. This paper introduces linear mixed models as a framework for meta-analysis in psychological research, using a popular general purpose statisticalpackage, SAS. The approach is illustrated with three examples, usingsas peoc mixed.
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This research was supported in part by award from the Paid-Leave Program, granted to C.-F.S. by the University Research Council at DePaul University.
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Sheu, CF., Suzuki, S. Meta-analysis using linear mixed models. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 33, 102–107 (2001). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195354
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