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Is a Meta-Analysis Following Common Meta-Analytical Procedures Going Awry? A Response to Coyne, Thombs, and Hagedoorn

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  1. University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Tanja Zimmermann Ph.D.

  2. University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Nina Heinrichs Ph.D.

  3. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Donald H. Baucom Ph.D.

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Zimmermann, T., Heinrichs, N. & Baucom, D.H. Is a Meta-Analysis Following Common Meta-Analytical Procedures Going Awry? A Response to Coyne, Thombs, and Hagedoorn. ann. behav. med. 37, 97–100 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-008-9076-1

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