Meta-analysis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meta-analysis is a noun meaning (statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
Meaning
(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- meta-analyses
- metaanalysis
- metanalysis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include analysis, metanalysis, metastudy, statisticalization, chemometrics, metrics.
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