Fall 2021 - CRIM 872 G100

Selected Topics (3)

Meta-Analysis

Class Number: 2380

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meta-analysis has become the gold standard for summarizing quantitative research. However, different researchers have conducted meta-analyses examining the same research question and produced different answers. This demonstrates that meta-analyses range in quality and require considerable forethought and conscientiousness in finding, coding, and analysing effect sizes. In this course, you will learn how to conduct a meta-analysis on a topic of your choice. At the end of the course, you will have all the tools required to conduct a comprehensive meta-analysis. We will go over how to establish inclusion and exclusion criteria, to search for studies, to select and code the best effect size (including transforming data to different effect size metrics), to aggregate the findings and conduct moderator analyses, and how to present results. Each assignment will build towards a small meta-analysis that you will complete at the end of the course, and your presentation will be based on that meta-analysis project. Class time will include a combination of lectures as well as collaborative discussion and problem-solving.

Grading

  • Four Assignments 80%
  • Mock conference presentation 15%
  • Participation quality 5%

NOTES:

There will also be an OPTIONAL grade-raising activity that students can participate in, with the possibility of raising their grade a half-letter (e.g., from an A- to an A).

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Optional Text:
1. Borenstein, M., Hedges, L. V., Higgins, J. P. T., & Rothstein, H. R. (2021). Introduction to meta-analysis (2nd ed). Wiley.

Required software:
2. SPSS or R

Other:
3. There may also be some supplementary readings, mostly available through Canvas. You are responsible to download, photocopy, or borrow these readings.

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.