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. 2022 Aug 8;18(1):125–141. doi: 10.1177/17456916221091830

Table 2.

First- and Second-Order Meta-Analyses With the Corrected Overall Effect Sizes (Only Active Control Groups), Far Transfer Only

Population ki g¯i Sgi2 τ2 Adjustedg¯i
First-order meta-analyses summary
 WM (TD children) 15 0.01 0.064 0.000 0.00
 WM (LD children) 12 0.02 0.111 0.000 0.00
 WM (adults) 27 0.00 0.213 0.000 0.00
 WM (older adults) 16 0.01 0.009 0.000 0.00
 Action VG (adults) 34 −0.01 0.107 0.011 0.00
 Nonaction VG (adults) 6 0.00 0.033 0.000 0.00
 VG (older adults) 4 −0.03 0.033 0.000 0.00
 Music (TD children) 17 −0.02 0.055 0.012 0.00
 Chess (TD children) 3 0.01 0.032 0.000 0.00
 Exergames (older adults) 8 −0.02 0.072 0.000 0.00
Second-order meta-analysis summary results
g= = 0.00 (second-order grand mean)
σe2=0.00302 (second-order sampling-error variance)
σg¯i2=0.00014 (observed between-first-order-meta-analyses variance)
σ2=0 (true between-first-order-meta-analyses variance)

Note: Data From Sala, Aksayli, Tatlidil, Tatsumi, et al. (2019). ki = number of samples; g¯i= first-order overall effect size; Sgi2 = variance of the observed gs; τ2 = amount of true heterogeneity; adjustedg¯i = adjusted first-order overall effect size; TD = typically developing; LD = learning disabilities; VG = video games; WM = working memory.