11.1 Assess why you should care about meta-analysis, when and why it should be used, and the role of meta-analysis in producing comprehensive knowledge about the overall size of relations between variables, as well as when the size of the relation changes and why.

11.2 Formulate the critical choices and judgment calls you will face when conducting a meta-analysis and identify why they are important.

11.3 Propose the steps involved in conducting a state-of-the-science meta-analysis in each stage: data collection, data preparation, data analysis, and reporting.

11.4 Identify key considerations that influence whether meta-regression (MARA) is the appropriate methodology for a particular situation.

11.5 Arrange the key steps in the implementation of MARA and the various decision points you will encounter in conducting and reporting results.

11.6 Identify key considerations influencing whether using meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) is the appropriate methodology for a particular situation.

11.7 Arrange the key steps in implementing MASEM and the various decision points you will encounter in each stage: Specifying conceptual models, implementing meta-analytic procedures, implementing structural equation modeling procedures, and reporting results.

11.8 Evaluate whether conducting a new meta-analysis on a topic for which a meta-analysis already exists may be warranted.