Title: Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis in Applied Linguistics
Instructor: Dr. Luke Plonsky (Northern Arizona University)
Friday, November 5, 2021, 2pm-5pm (EST)
Research synthesis and meta-analysis (RS/MA) comprise a set of procedures for conducting comprehensive and empirically-grounded reviews of previous research. Consequently, the use of RS/MA has grown dramatically in recent years. Building on recent efforts to promote and improve synthetic methods in applied linguistics (e.g., Boers et al., in press; Mizumoto et al., in press), this workshop provides participants with a conceptual and procedural (hands on) introduction to RS/MA, addressing all major steps involved: (a) defining the domain and searching for primary literature, (b) developing and implementing a coding scheme, (c) calculating and aggregating effect sizes, and (d) interpreting results. Extensive examples will be provided along with sample/practice data. The workshop will not be technical; only very basic knowledge of design and statistics is assumed.