Larry V. Hedges

{{Short description|American statistician}}

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| fields = Statistics

| workplaces = University of Chicago
Northwestern University

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| alma_mater = Stanford University (Ph.D., 1980)

| thesis_title = Combining the Results of Experiments Using Different Scales of Measurement

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| doctoral_advisor = Ingram Olkin

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| known_for = Meta-analysis
Statistical methodology

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| awards = Yidan Prize for Education Research (2018)

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Larry Vernon Hedges is a researcher in statistical methods for meta-analysis and evaluation of education policy. He is Professor of Statistics and Education and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Previously, he was the Stella M. Rowley Distinguished Service Professor of Education, Sociology, Psychology, and Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/faculty-experts/fellows/hedges.html |title=Larry V. Hedges |publisher=Northwestern University |access-date=2013-05-06}}{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.northwestern.edu/people/larry-hedges.html |title=Department of Statistics: Larry Hedges |publisher=Northwestern University |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2010-05-16}} He is a member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Statistical Association.{{citation|title=Obama taps Northwestern U. prof Larry Hedges for education panel|first=Lynn|last=Sweet|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 19, 2011|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/10/obama_taps_northwestern_univer.html}}. In 2018, he received the Yidan Prize for Education Research, the world's most prestigious and largest education prize, i.e. USD four million.{{Cite web|url=https://yidanprize.org/|title=The official website of the Yidan Prize and Yidan Prize Foundation|website=Yidan Prize Foundation|accessdate=12 May 2023}}

He has authored a number of articles and books on statistical methods for meta-analysis, which is the use of statistical methods for combining results from different studies. He also suggested several estimators for effect sizes and derived their properties. He carried out research on the relation of resources available to schools and student achievement, most notably the relation between class size and achievement.