Vote-counting methods in research synthesis.

Abstract

Reviews of research usually rely on counts of the number of times the treatment group mean exceeds the control group mean by an amount that is statistically significant. The treatment is said to have a positive effect if the proportion of such positive significant results is large. This procedure is

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