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Abstract：
This chapter begins with an overview of recent developments that have encouraged and facilitated greater use of research syntheses, including Meta-Analysis, to guide public policy and practice in education, workforce development, and social services. It discusses the role of Meta-Analysis for improving knowledge of the effectiveness of programs, policies, and practices and the applicability and generalizability of that knowledge to conditions other than those represented by the study samples and settings. The chapter concludes with recommendations for improving the potential of Meta-Analysis to accelerate knowledge development through changing how we design, conduct, and report findings of individual studies to maximize their usefulness in Meta-Analysis as well as how we produce and report Meta-Analysis findings. The paper includes references to resources supporting the recommendations.
摘要：
本章首先概述了鼓励和促进更多使用研究综合的最新发展，包括荟萃分析，指导教育公共政策和实践，劳动力发展，和社会服务。它讨论了元分析在提高项目有效性知识方面的作用，政策,和实践，以及该知识对研究样本和环境所代表的条件以外的条件的适用性和普遍性。本章最后提出了通过改变我们的设计方式来提高元分析潜力以加速知识发展的建议，行为,并报告个别研究的结果，以最大限度地提高它们在荟萃分析中的有用性，以及我们如何产生和报告荟萃分析结果。该文件包括支持建议的资源参考。
