?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Meta-Analysis+of+Pragmatic+and+Theoretical+Research%3A+A+Critique&rft.creator=Chow%2C+Siu+L.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Meta-analysis+refers+to+a+set+of+statistical+procedures+used+to+summarize+and+integrate+many+empirical+studies+that+focus+on+one+issue.+This+numerical+method+of+integrating+research+findings+is+said+to+be+superior+to+the+narrative+type+of+reviews+because+it+is+more+objective%2C+reliable%2C+and+rigorous.+Moreover%2C+the+meta-analytic+approach+is+supposedly+capable+of+resolving+research+controversies%2C+strengthening+empirical+hypotheses%2C+and+discovering+new+relationships+among+variables.+In+this+study%2C+these+claims+are+examined+and+found+to+be+wanting.+Some+objections+to+the+use+of+meta-analysis+as+a+means+of+substantiating+theoretical+assertions+are+raised+with+reference+to+the+rationale+of+experimentation+and+to+how+knowledge+evolves.+It+is+concluded+that+it+is+inappropriate+to+apply+meta-analysis+to+integrate+theoretical+research.&rft.date=1987&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F826%2F1%2FMetaclas.htm&rft.identifier=++Chow%2C+Siu+L.++(1987)+Meta-Analysis+of+Pragmatic+and+Theoretical+Research%3A+A+Critique.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F826%2F