noun
pl. -·ses· a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
meta-analysis
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meta-analysis
noun
The process or technique of synthesizing research results by using various statistical methods to retrieve, select, and combine results from previous separate but related studies.
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Noun
(plural meta-analyses)
- (statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
- (statistics) An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.
- An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.
Origin
meta- +"Ž analysis
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