education {selectMeta}

Dataset open vs. traditional education on creativity

Description

Dataset of studies of effect of open vs. traditional education on creativity. Standard dataset to illustrate selection models in meta-analysis.

Usage

data(education)

Format

A data frame with 10 observations on the following 5 variables.

i

Study number.

N

Sample size of study.

theta

Estimated effect size.

t

t test statistic, t = \theta / \sqrt{2 / N}.

q

Defrees of freedom, q = 2 N - 2.

References

Dear, Keith B.G. and Begg, Colin B. (1992). An Approach for Assessing Publication Bias Prior to Performing a Meta-Analysis. Statist. Sci., 7(2), 237–245.

Hedges, L. and Olkin, I. (1985). Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis. Academic, Orlando, Florida.

Iyengar, S. and Greenhouse, J.B. (1988). Selection models and the file drawer problem (including rejoinder). Statist. Sci., 3, 109–135.

See Also

This dataset is analyzed in the help file for DearBegg.