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Overview

William R. Shadish was affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work primarily focused on topics related to Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Optimal Experimental Design Methods, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research. These areas were central to their research output and were reflected consistently across their publications.

Among the recent papers by William R. Shadish were "Some Evaluation Questions" published in 2020 through Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst), and "Power analysis for single-case designs: Computations for (AB)k designs" coauthored with Larry V. Hedges in 2022 in Behavior Research Methods.

  • Some Evaluation Questions, 2020, Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Power analysis for single-case designs: Computations for (AB)k designs, 2022, Behavior Research Methods

Frequent coauthors included Larry V. Hedges, Prathiba Natesan Batley, Peter M. Steiner, and Kristynn J. Sullivan. These collaborations spanned various topics and contributed to publications in notable venues such as Behavior Research Methods and Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst).

  • Larry V. Hedges
  • Prathiba Natesan Batley
  • Peter M. Steiner
  • Kristynn J. Sullivan

  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

William R. Shadish's research was characterized by a combination of empirical studies and methodological advancements, particularly in the design and analysis of single-case experimental designs and evaluation questions within behavioral research. Their work has been cited in related scholarly fields, indicating engagement with ongoing research conversations.

Best Publications

  • Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

    William R. Shadish;Thomas D. Cook;Donald Thomas Campbell

  • Single-Case Designs Technical Documentation.

    T. R. Kratochwill;J. Hitchcock;R. H. Horner;J. R. Levin

  • Foundations of Program Evaluation: Theories of Practice

    William R. Shadish;Thomas D. Cook;Laura C. Leviton

  • Single-Case Intervention Research Design Standards

    Thomas R. Kratochwill;John H. Hitchcock;Robert H. Horner;Joel R. Levin

  • Combining estimates of effect size.

    William R. Shadish;C. Keith Haddock

  • Outcome, attrition, and family-couples treatment for drug abuse: a meta-analysis and review of the controlled, comparative studies.

    M. Duncan Stanton;William R. Shadish

  • Evaluation studies : review annual

    Howard E. Freeman;Marian A. Solomon;William R. Shadish;Charles S. Reichardt

  • The Single-Case Reporting Guideline In BEhavioural Interventions (SCRIBE) 2016 Statement†

    Robyn L. Tate;Michael Perdices;Ulrike Rosenkoetter;William Shadish

  • Three conditions under which experiments and observational studies produce comparable causal estimates: New findings from within-study comparisons

    Thomas D. Cook;William R. Shadish;Vivian C. Wong

  • Can Nonrandomized Experiments Yield Accurate Answers? A Randomized Experiment Comparing Random and Nonrandom Assignments

    William R. Shadish;M. H. Clark;Peter M. Steiner

  • The effects of psychological therapies under clinically representative conditions: a meta-analysis.

    William R. Shadish;Ana M. Navarro;Georg E. Matt;Glenn Phillips

  • Meta-analysis of MFT interventions.

    William R. Shadish;Scott A. Baldwin

  • Effects of family and marital psychotherapies: a meta-analysis.

    William R. Shadish;Linda M. Montgomery;Paul Wilson;Mary R. Wilson

  • The importance of covariate selection in controlling for selection bias in observational studies.

    Peter M. Steiner;Thomas D. Cook;William R. Shadish;M. H. Clark

  • Propensity scores: an introduction and experimental test.

    Jason K. Luellen;William R. Shadish;M. H. Clark

  • Using odds ratios as effect sizes for meta-analysis of dichotomous data: A primer on methods and issues.

    C. Keith Haddock;David Rindskopf;William R. Shadish

  • Mediators and moderators in meta-analysis: there's a reason we don't let dodo birds tell us which psychotherapies should have prizes.

    William R. Shadish;Rebecca B. Sweeney

  • Characteristics of single-case designs used to assess intervention effects in 2008

    William R. Shadish;Kristynn J. Sullivan

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS AMONG INNER-CITY BOYS

    T. D. Cook;M. B. Church;S. Ajanaku;W. R. Shadish

  • Effects of behavioral marital therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    William R. Shadish;Scott A. Baldwin

  • Guiding Principles for Evaluators

    Dianna L. Newman;Mary Ann Scheirer;William R. Shadish;Christopher Wye

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert H. Horner
Robert H. Horner University of Oregon
Thomas R. Kratochwill
Thomas R. Kratochwill University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robyn L. Tate
Robyn L. Tate University of Sydney
Larry V. Hedges
Larry V. Hedges Northwestern University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Alan E. Kazdin
Alan E. Kazdin Yale University
Robert A. Neimeyer
Robert A. Neimeyer University of Memphis
Skye McDonald
Skye McDonald University of New South Wales
Leanne Togher
Leanne Togher University of Sydney

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