In statistics, meta-analysis refers to statistical methods for contrasting and combining results from different studies, in the hope of identifying patterns among study results, sources of disagreement among those results, or other interesting relationships that may come to light in the context of multiple studies. Meta analysis can be thought of ...
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A statistical technique for combining and integrating the data derived from a number of experimental studies undertaken on a specific topic.
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A process that analyzes data from different studies done about the same subject. The results of a meta-analysis are usually stronger than the results of any study by itself.
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An overview in which quantitative methods are used to summarise the results of several studies on a single topic. A meta-analysis is used in an attempt to gain greater objectivity, generalisability and precision by including all the available high quality evidence from randomised controlled trials carried out on a specified topic.
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<statistics> A quantitative method of combining the results of independent studies (usually drawn from the published literature) and synthesizing summaries and conclusions which may be used to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness or to plan new studies. ... With application chiefly in the areas of research and medicine. It is often an overview ...
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(met″ә-ә-nal´ә-sis) a systematic method that takes data from a number of independent studies and integrates them using statistical analysis.
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A statistical technique to combine information from many empirical studies on a topic to objectively estimate the reliability and overall size of the effect.
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Statistical technique which pools the results of several studies into a single estimate, giving more weight to results from larger studies.
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This is a mathematical technique that combines the results of individual studies to arrive at one overall measure of the effect of a treatment.
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A quantitative method for combining the results of many studies into one set of conclusions. Generally done from a literature review, a meta-analysis is more a review than an analysis, properly speaking.
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is a type of review of research evidence which combines the data from a number of randomised controlled trials. This can help to overcome the problem of such trials having too small a sample to detect a difference in rare outcomes, but the approach has limitations. For more on this see the AIMS Birth Information webpage Understanding Quantitative ...
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The use of statistical techniques in a systematic review to integrate the results of included studies
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A statistical technique for evaluating hypotheses by providing a formal mechanism for detecting the general conclusions found in data from many different experiments.
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