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Metanalysis

/mɛtəˈnaləsɪs/

Analysis of analyses.

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noun
  1. 1

    Analysis of analyses.

    "a metanalysis of 35 existing studies"

  2. 2

    The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the boundaries between words or other units.

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meta-analysisnoun(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
metaresearchnounResearch into research: its methods, nature, and limits.
metastudynounA study on the topic of studies.
metacrapnoun(Internet, derogatory) Low-quality or unreliable metadata.
metricsnounThe statistical analysis of data sets or big data.
macroanalysisnounlarge-scale analysis
metaethicnoun(ethics) A theory of metaethics.
meta-ethicsnounAlternative spelling of metaethics. [(ethics) The study of the nature and meaning of moral judgments, and the foundations and the possibility of ethical reasoning as such.]
metasystematicsnounThe study of metasystems
meta-communicationnounAlternative form of metacommunication. [Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.]
metaethnographynoun(countable, uncountable) A method of interpreting and synthesizing data from qualitative research to generate new insights.
mesoanalysisnoun(social sciences) the analysis of institutions, organisations, and governmental social activity e.g. NGOs.
meta-epistemologynounAlternative spelling of metaepistemology. [(philosophy) The study of the nature, methods, goals and underlying assumptions of epistemology]
teleoanalysisnounAn approach to counseling and psychotherapy proposed by Alfred Adler.
analyzationnoun(rare) analysis
analyzisnounMisspelling of analysis. [(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).]
microanalysisnoun(chemistry) The analysis (and subsequent identification) of very small quantities of material.
metasociologynoun(sociology) The study of sociology itself
chemometricsnoun(chemistry) The use of mathematical statistics in the design of experiments, and the evaluation of the resulting data.
statistical analysisnounThe process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor.

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