文档介绍：Foundations forMeta-Analysis
Developing a Taxonomy of Intelligence
AnalysisVariables
RobJohnston
Editor
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genceanalysiscloser to a science. product, but rather a living
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can e a structure for height revised it through 10 editions, and
eningawareness ofanalytic laterbiologistshavecontinued to
biases,sortingavailabledata, modify
identifyinginformationgaps, and
stimulatingnew approaches to As discoveries and research
the understanding of unfolding methods in otherdomainsgrew,
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events,ultimatelyincreasing the taxonomieswerecreated to help
signposts,indicating sophistication anizethosedisciplines and
what is knownand ments. Thearticle is intended to assistresearchers in identifying
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ablesand the application ofsuch specifictaxonomies
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Science anizedknowledge. ual disciplines. A taxonomy
HerbertSpenc& differentiatesdomains by bound
ing the problemspace,codifying
namingconventions,identifying
Aristotlemay be the father of
areas of interest,helping to set
lassification, but it was
CarolusLinnaeuswhointroduced
the firstformal
taxonomy
2 ErnstHaeckelintroducedphylum to
kingdom,class,order,genera, and includerelatedclasses andfamily to in
species
in his SystemaNaturae cluderelatedgenera in 1866. The