How Science Takes Stock: The Story of Meta-Analysis

by Morton Hunt

Book Overview

Policymakers, medical practitioners, and the public alike face an increasingly bewildering flood of new and often contradictory scientific studies on almost every topic. Whether the issue is the the best treatment for breast cancer, the need for prenatal food programs to improve the health of poor infants and mothers, or the ability of women to succeed in scientific professions, the healthy growth of modern science has at times done more to stir up...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543893
• ISBN13: 9780871543899
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"