dat.bangertdrowns2004: Studies on the Effectiveness of Writing-to-Learn...

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Description

Results from 48 studies on the effectiveness of school-based writing-to-learn interventions on academic achievement.

Usage

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Format

A data frame; for documentation, see dat.bangertdrowns2004 in Wolfgang Viechtbauer's R package metafor.

Details

This reproduced dataset and its documentation are credited to Wolfgang Viechtbauer and his metafor package (2010). Please see his package for details.

Source

Bangert-Drowns, R. L., Hurley, M. M., & Wilkinson, B. (2004). The effects of school-based writing-to-learn interventions on academic achievement: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 74, 29-58.

References

Bangert-Drowns, R. L., Hurley, M. M., & Wilkinson, B. (2004). The effects of school-based writing-to-learn interventions on academic achievement: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 74, 29-58.

Viechtbauer, W. (2010). Conducting meta-analysis in R with the metafor package. Journal of Statistical Software, 36(3), 1-48.

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## Not run: 
dat.bangertdrowns2004

# Extracting the effect sizes and sampling variances:
effect <- dat.bangertdrowns2004$yi
v <- dat.bangertdrowns2004$vi

# The weight-function model with no mean model:
weightfunct(effect, v)

# The weight-function model with a mean model:
weightfunct(effect, v, mods=~dat.bangertdrowns2004$info)

## End(Not run)

Example output

   id            author year grade length minutes wic feedback info pers imag
1   1          Ashworth 1992     4     15      NA   1        1    1    1    0
2   2             Ayers 1993     2     10      NA   1       NA    1    1    1
3   3            Baisch 1990     2      2      NA   1        0    1    1    0
4   4             Baker 1994     4      9      10   1        1    1    0    0
5   5            Bauman 1992     1     14      10   1        1    1    1    0
6   6            Becker 1996     4      1      20   1        0    0    1    0
7   7       Bell & Bell 1985     3      4      NA   1        1    1    1    0
8   8           Brodney 1994     1     15      NA   1        1    1    1    0
9   9            Burton 1986     4      4      NA   0        1    1    0    0
10 10         Davis, BH 1990     1      9      10   1        0    1    1    0
11 11         Davis, JJ 1996     4     15      NA   0        1    1    0    0
12 12               Day 1994     4     15      NA   0        1    1    1    0
13 13           Dipillo 1994     1      8       6   1        1    1    1    0
14 14           Ganguli 1989     4      4       4   1        0    1    0    0
15 15        Giovinazzo 1996     4     14      NA   0        1    1    0    0
16 16              Goss 1998     4     15      10   1        1    1    0    0
17 17     Greene et al. 1991     4      4      10   1        1    1    1    0
18 18            Guckin 1992     4     10       8   1        1   NA   NA    0
19 19            Guckin 1992     4     10       8   1        1   NA   NA    0
20 20     Horton et al. 1985     4      3      NA   0        1    1    0    0
21 21             Hyser 1992     1     24      10   1        0    1    1    1
22 22       Johnson, LA 1991     3     19      NA   0        1    1    0    0
23 23       Johnson, VM 1998     1      4      15   1        0    1    0    0
24 24          Kasparek 1993     3     12      NA   1        1    1    1    0
25 25   Konopack et al. 1990     2      1      NA   1        0    1    0    0
26 26 Langer & Applebee 1987     3      1      35   1        0    1    0    0
27 27 Langer & Applebee 1987     3      1      20   1        0    1    0    0
28 28            Licata 1993     3      1      15   1        1    1    0    0
29 29           Lodholz 1980     1     14      15   1        1    1    0    0
30 30            Madden 1993     1     20       8   1        0    1    1    0
31 31          Millican 1994     1     10      NA   1        1    1    1    1
32 32          Moynihan 1994     1      7      10   1        1    1    1    0
33 33          Mulvaney 1991     4     11      NA   1        1    1    0    0
34 34         Nieswandt 1997     3     NA      NA   0        1    1    0    0
35 35         Radmacher 1995     4     NA      NA   0        1    1    0    0
36 36            Reaves 1991     3      1      NA   1        0    1    0    0
37 37            Rivard 1996     2      6      55   1        0    1    0    0
38 38           Rodgers 1996     4     15      NA   0        1    1    0    0
39 39   Ross & Faucette 1994     4     15      NA   0        1    1    0    0
40 40             Sharp 1987     4      2      15   1        0    0    1    0
41 41           Shepard 1992     2      4      NA   0        1    1    0    0
42 42           Stewart 1992     3     24       5   1        1    1    1    0
43 43           Ullrich 1926     4     11      NA   0        1    1    0    0
44 44   Weiss & Walters 1980     4     15       3   1        0    1    0    0
45 45             Wells 1986     1      8      15   1        0    1    1    0
46 46            Willey 1988     3     15      NA  NA        0    1    1    0
47 47            Willey 1988     2     15      NA  NA        0    1    1    0
48 48         Youngberg 1989     4     15      10   1        1    1    0    0
   meta                    subject  ni    yi    vi
1     1                    Nursing  60  0.65 0.070
2     0              Earth Science  34 -0.75 0.126
3     1                       Math  95 -0.21 0.042
4     0                    Algebra 209 -0.04 0.019
5     1                       Math 182  0.23 0.022
6     0                 Literature 462  0.03 0.009
7     1                       Math  38  0.26 0.106
8     1                       Math 542  0.06 0.007
9     0                       Math  99  0.06 0.040
10    0             Social Studies  77  0.12 0.052
11    0                 Statistics  40  0.77 0.107
12    1                  Sociology 190  0.00 0.021
13    1                       Math 113  0.52 0.037
14    0                       Math  50  0.54 0.083
15    0                    Algebra  47  0.20 0.086
16    0                   Calculus  44  0.20 0.091
17    0 Comp Science and Chemistry  24 -0.16 0.167
18   NA                    Algebra  78  0.42 0.052
19   NA                    Algebra  46  0.60 0.091
20    0                  Chemistry  64  0.51 0.065
21    0             Social Studies  57  0.58 0.073
22    0                    Algebra  68  0.54 0.061
23    0                       Math  40  0.09 0.100
24    1                    Algebra  68  0.37 0.060
25    0              World History  48 -0.01 0.083
26    0             Social Studies 107 -0.13 0.037
27    0             Social Studies  58  0.18 0.069
28    0            Math in Science 225  0.27 0.018
29    0                       Math 446 -0.02 0.009
30    1                       Math  77  0.33 0.053
31    1                       Math 243  0.59 0.017
32    1                       Math  39  0.84 0.112
33    0                 Management  67 -0.32 0.060
34    0                  Chemistry  91  0.12 0.044
35    1                 Psychology  36  1.12 0.129
36    0          Natural Resources 177 -0.12 0.023
37    0                    Science  20 -0.44 0.205
38    0                    Algebra 120 -0.07 0.033
39    0                    Algebra  16  0.70 0.265
40    1                    Biology 105  0.49 0.039
41    0                       Math 195  0.20 0.021
42    1                    Algebra  62  0.58 0.067
43    0     Educational Psychology 289  0.15 0.014
44    0                 Statistics  25  0.63 0.168
45    1                       Math 250  0.04 0.016
46    1                    Biology  51  1.46 0.099
47    1             Social Studies  46  0.04 0.087
48    0                    Algebra  56  0.25 0.072

Unadjusted Model (k = 48):

tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0.0471 (SE = 0.0220)
tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):  0.2169

Model Results:

          estimate std.error z-stat      p-val ci.lb  ci.ub
Intercept   0.2207   0.04628  4.769 1.8518e-06  0.13 0.3114

Adjusted Model (k = 48):

tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0.0276 (SE = 0.0238)
tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):  0.1660

Model Results:

              estimate std.error z-stat    p-val     ci.lb  ci.ub
Intercept       0.1477   0.07311  2.020 0.043428  0.004358 0.2909
0.025 < p < 1   0.4664   0.34924  1.336 0.181690 -0.218065 1.1509

Likelihood Ratio Test:
X^2(df = 1) = 1.163544, p-val = 0.28073
Unadjusted Model (k = 46):

tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0.0474 (SE = 0.0228)
tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):  0.2176

Model Results:

                             estimate std.error    z-stat   p-val   ci.lb
Intercept                   0.2116385    0.1853  1.142034 0.25344 -0.1516
dat.bangertdrowns2004.info -0.0009761    0.1908 -0.005115 0.99592 -0.3750
                            ci.ub
Intercept                  0.5749
dat.bangertdrowns2004.info 0.3731

Adjusted Model (k = 46):

tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0.0280 (SE = 0.0251)
tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):  0.1673

Model Results:

                           estimate std.error z-stat   p-val   ci.lb  ci.ub
Intercept                  0.136053    0.1663 0.8182 0.41325 -0.1899 0.4620
dat.bangertdrowns2004.info 0.005423    0.1558 0.0348 0.97224 -0.3000 0.3109
0.025 < p < 1              0.477992    0.3729 1.2820 0.19985 -0.2528 1.2088

Likelihood Ratio Test:
X^2(df = 1) = 1.006451, p-val = 0.31575
There were  2 cases removed from your dataset due to the presence of missing data. To view the row numbers of these cases, use the attribute '$removed'.

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