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Mark lipsey of the standardized program evaluation protocol spep, based on his groundbreaking meta analyses of juvenile justice research, the framework presented in this paper is poised to meet one of the greatest challenges we have in juvenile justice practice today. A meta analytic inquiry into the variability of effects mark w. Research professor, peabody research office research professor, department of human and organizational development. The meta analysis then estimates the pooled difference be. Four effectsize types can be computed from various input data. A systematic approach and the meta analysis primer, practical metaanalysis. Buy practical metaanalysis applied social research methods 1 by lipsey, mark w. Day care and the risk of being left back a grade retained less likely to be left back.
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