Affiliations: Department of Educational Foundations & Special
Services, Kent State University, OH, USA
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr., Department
of Educational Foundations & Special Services, Center for Disability
Studies, Bureau of Research Training and Services, Kent State University, P.O.
Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. Tel.: +1 330 672 0600; Fax: +1 330 672
2512; E-mail: prumrill@kent.edu
Abstract: This article describes the rationale for and methods used in
conducting meta-analyses in rehabilitation research. Advantages and
disadvantages of meta-analysis, vis a vis the narrative and quantitative
literature reviews described in previous articles, are discussed. Hypothetical
and actual examples from the rehabilitation and related health sciences fields
are used to illustrate points throughout the text.
Keywords: meta-analysis, research, literature reviews
