The Meta-Analysis of the Studies and Researches Conducted in the Sphere of the Social and Cultural Issues of the Youth

The main purposes of the present study are: the theoretic and methodical evaluation of the researches conducted on issues pertaining to youth, and the investigation and evaluation of the solutions and suggestions presented in these researches. This is a documentary research of the type of the analysis of text contents, and its method is meta-analysis research. The technique for data gathering is based on the inverted questionnaire. The statistical pile of the project consists of the whole number of research projects and academic theses in the field of social and cultural issues of youth in Iran during the last decade. During six months, 40 research projects were analyzed as the sample bulk. Nearly all the researches are related to the modern issues of the youth; in 70% of the projects, the purpose of the research is adequately relevant to its subject matter; and in 85% of them, the purpose of the research is examinable and practical. In 60% of the projects having hypotheses, the scientific principles have been observed in formulating the hypotheses. In 40%, the main variables have not been operationally defined. Regarding the second purpose in the arbitrator's view, in 25% of the projects, all the solutions presented are based on the research results. The solutions presented in 28% of the projects are not so relevant to the research results, and in 32% of the projects, they are not practical. Besides, in 36% of the projects, the solutions are often general and not operational. From the scores given to all answers in each section of the research, the following means have been obtained: a) the evaluation of research project and its purposes, 2/3 out of 3; b) the theoretical evaluation, 2/3 out of 3; c) the methodological evaluation, 2/7 out of 3; d) he evaluation of the solutions and suggestions, 2 out of 3.