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Metaanalysis

Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.

📖 Definitions of "Metaanalysis"

noun
  1. 1

    Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.

  2. 2

    An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.

  3. 3

    An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.

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metanalysisnoun(linguistics) The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.
subanalysisnounAn analysis that is part of a larger one.
studiesnounAn academic field of study concerning the given subject.
medlinenoun(Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information.
studynounMental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
reanalysisnounA second or subsequent analysis.
nonexperimentalNot experimental
prestudynounA small study undertaken before a larger one.
analysesnoun(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
analysisnoun(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
interstudynounBetween studies.
evidencebased
pubmednounA free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.
phenomenographicRelating to phenomenography
methodologicSynonym of methodological.
researchnoun(uncountable, countable in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).
reanalysesnoun
posthocnounAlternative form of post hoc. [After the fact.]
nonblindedNot blinded.
nonrandomizedunrandomized

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