creators_name: Chow, Siu L. type: journalp datestamp: 1999-08-22 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:19 metadata_visibility: show title: Some Reflections on Harris and Rosenthal's 31 Meta-analyses ispublished: pub subjects: cog-psy full_text_status: public keywords: meta-analysis, inter-personal expectancy effects, the"expectancy-mediator-changes" chain, the "subtle andunwitting" expectancy effects, the commensurability problem abstract: A critique of Harris and Rosenthal's (1985) 31 meta-analyses of the mediation of interpersonal expectancy effects raises two issues. First, the study of interpersonal expectancy effects requires an examination of the expectancy-mediator-changes (B-C-D) chain in toto. Harris and Rosenthal's meta-analytic exercise fails to substantiate such a chain, and also fails to enhance understanding of the subtle and unwitting nature of the expectancy-mediator (B-C) and the mediator-changes (C-D) links. Second, mixing studies of uneven quality in a meta-analysis still appears to be a cause for concern. date: 1987 date_type: published publication: Journal of Psychology volume: 121 number: 1 pagerange: 95-100 refereed: TRUE citation: Chow, Siu L. (1987) Some Reflections on Harris and Rosenthal's 31 Meta-analyses. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/827/1/Meta31.htm