Book: How Science Takes Stock: the Story of Meta-analysis

Morton Hunt Russell Sage Foundation, 24$, pp 256 ISBN 0 87154 389 3 Rating: ![Graphic][1]</img>![Graphic][2]</img>![Graphic][3]</img> Morton Hunt has mastered the seemingly impossible task of conveying to a broad range of readers, in a language that can be understood by all, the genesis and development of meta-analysis. Althugh only recently “discovered” in medicine, meta-analysis has a longer tradition in the social sciences, particularly psychology, and this is where Hunt begins his story. Many of the personalities who helped develop meta-analysis are interviewed, including Gene Glass, Joseph Lau, Graham Colditz, and both Iain and Tom Chalmers. Several important developments are reviewed, … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif