meta-analysis

See also: metaanalysis

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From meta- +‎ analysis.

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meta-analysis (countable and uncountable, plural meta-analyses)

  1. (statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
    • 2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN‎[1]:
      She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper.
  2. (statistics) An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.
  3. An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.

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