Wil Vander Lugt, the son of Amanda Adcock and Chad Vander Lugt, was the state's first baby born in 2015. He arrived at 12:48 a.m. at MaineGeneral in Waterville.
1 Meta-regression is a tool used in meta-analysis to examine the impact of moderator variables on study effect size using regression-based techniques. 2  Meta-regression is more effective at this task than are standard regression techniques.
However, functional analyses have the most empirical support for their use. Typically, the use of functional analysis procedures is determined by the skill level of the practitioner, the resources available to the practitioner, and the setting itself. Conducting functional analyses does require a high level of expertise to be done effectively.