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Table 4 Moderator analysis: Means and Q-statistics for group contrasts

From: The effectiveness of L2 vocabulary instruction: a meta-analysis

Moderator

K

d

95% CI

(Low, High)

Q

Context

3.026

 FL

9

0.96

0.57

1.36

 

 SL

7

0.53

0.53

0.81

 

Age Group

0.04

 > 12

13

0.79

0.46

1.11

 

 < 12

3

0.85

0.38

1.32

 

Publication Type

4.75

 Published

7

1.12

0.78

1.46

 

 Dissertations

9

1.12

0.20

0.93

 

Proficiency Level

2.23

 Elementary

4

0.61

0.04

1.18

 

 Intermediate

11

0.61

0.56

1.24

 

 Advanced

1

0.53

0.18

0.88

 

Word Type

0.24

 Abstract

7

0.92

0.73

1.10

 

 Concrete

5

0.65

0.33

0.97

 

 NA

4

0.72

0.46

0.98

 

Technology Type

7.05

 CALL

7

0.68

0.47

0.88

 

 CALL

1

1.37

0.58

2.15

 

 Reading

5

1.25

1.00

1.50

 

 Song

3

0.47

0.19

0.75