Title

Correcting For Indirect Range Restriction In Meta-Analysis: Testing A New Meta-Analytic Procedure

Keywords

Measurement error correction; Meta-analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; Range restriction correction

Abstract

Using computer simulation, the authors assessed the accuracy of J. E. Hunter, F. L. Schmidt, and H. Le's (2006) procedure for correcting for indirect range restriction, the most common type of range restriction, in comparison with the conventional practice of applying the Thorndike Case II correction for direct range restriction. Hunter et al.'s procedure produced more accurate estimates of both the mean and standard deviation in meta-analysis than the conventional procedure. Even when its key assumption that the effect of selection on a 3rd variable is fully mediated by the independent variable was violated, Hunter et al.'s procedure was still relatively more accurate than the conventional procedure. When applied to data from a previously published meta-analysis, the new procedure yielded results that led to different substantive conclusions. © 2006 APA, all rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2006

Publication Title

Psychological Methods

Volume

11

Issue

4

Number of Pages

416-438

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.11.4.416

Socpus ID

33845607648 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33845607648

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