Research Synthesis: An Introduction to Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and PRISMA Criteria

Author: Enrico Perinelli
Affiliation: Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento
Email: enrico.perinelli@unitn.it
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Overview

This repository includes materials for the PhD lecture titled Research Synthesis: An Introduction to Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and PRISMA Criteria.
This lecture is intended for PhD students in Psychology and related fields.

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Repository Structure

• ResSynth_2025-pdf.pdf: Compiled PDF version of the slides, generated from the .qmd file
• ResSynth_2025.qmd: Quarto source file for the slides, includes YAML and Beamer settings
• figs/ Figures used in the presentation slides
• metafor_R/
  • dat_bias.csv, dat_mes.csv: Example datasets
  • meta_an.Rmd, meta_an.html: R Markdown script and compiled HTML output for conducting a meta-analysis with metafor
  • Molloy_et_al_2014.pdf, Quintana_2015.pdf: Articles related to the content of meta_an.html
  • R_syntax.R: Raw R code related to meta_an.html
• PRISMA-Explanation/: PRISMA articles (see info in slides)

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Feedback and Contributions

If you find errors in the slides, R scripts, references, license, etc., please contact me directly at enrico.perinelli@unitn.it. Feedback is very welcome!

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License

This work is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Read more: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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Seminar Usage History

This seminar (or part of it) has been delivered in the following academic contexts:

Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Psychology (PhD programme in Psychology and Social Neuroscience)

• 2025 – April 29 (3h)
• 2024 – March 25 (3h)
• 2023 – March 10 (3h)
• 2022 – January 28 (3h)
• 2021 – March 19 (3h)
• 2020 – July 3 (3h)
• 2018 – May 11 (3h)
• 2017 – March 2 (3h)
• 2016 – March 3 (2h)

University of Naples Federico II, Department of Humanistic Studies (PhD programme in Mind, Gender and Language)

• 2021 – May 14, 21 (6h)
• 2018 – June 19 (3h)