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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Criminology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Michael Wolfowicz
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Michael Wolfowicz
Course/Module description:
Like in all fields of science, evidence produced in the field of criminology is often mixed, and there is a range of quality of evidence.
Meta-research is the study of research itself: its methods, reporting, reproducibility, evaluation, and incentives. Meta-research uses an interdisciplinary approach to study, promote, and defend robust science. One of the most important tools in meta-research is systematic review and meta-analysis, which also includes the analysis of evidence bias, evidence quality, and publication bias.
In this course, we will develop a deep understanding about issues pertaining to quality of evidence and evidence synthesis in science and in criminology in particular. Students will acquire the technical skills required for conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, including the ability to make statistical conversions between different types of statistics used in primary research.
The course will be based on in-class assignments (40%) and a final assignment which will be the development of a systematic review protocol (60%).
Course/Module aims:
Course aims:
1. To develop an understanding of various issues of bias that plague the evidence.
2. To develop skills to evaluate quality of evidence.
3. To develop skills for conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.
4. To develop the skills neccesary for converting between effects in order to conduct a meta-analysis.
5. To develop the skills necessary for conducting moderator analyses and meta-regressions.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Learning outcomes:
1. Develop a systematic review protocol
2. Convert between effects using various equations
3. Conduct a meta-analysis
4. Conduct a moderator analysis/meta-regression
5. Conduct a publication bias analysis
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
The course will be based on in-class assignments (40%) and a final assignment which will be the development of a systematic review protocol (60%).
Course/Module Content:
1. Meta-research as a scientific field
2. Developing a PICO question
3. Sources of bias
4. Developing a systematic review protocol
5. Meta-analysis
6. Moderator-analysis/meta-regression
7. Multi-level meta-analysis
Required Reading:
Ioannidis, J. P. (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8), e124.
Wilson, D. B. (2001). Meta-analytic methods for criminology. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 578(1), 71-89.
Turanovic, J. J., & Pratt, T. C. (2021). Meta-analysis in criminology and criminal justice: Challenging the paradigm and charting a new path forward. Justice Evaluation Journal, 4(1), 21-47.
Borenstein, M., Hedges, L. V., Higgins, J. P., & Rothstein, H. R. (2021). Introduction to meta-analysis. John Wiley & Sons.
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 60 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 40 %
Additional information:
Students are asked to have Excel and Stata installed on their computers.
Students
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