English Explanatory Dictionary

meta-analysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

meta-analysis meta-analyses metaanalysis metanalysis

Etymology

From meta- + analysis.

Related words

meta-analytic metaanalytic metanalytic epistemology metamethod metaresearch metascience metasynthesis metatheory

Translations

Catalan: metaanàlisi Chinese Mandarin: 元分析 Chinese Mandarin: 薈萃分析 /荟萃分析 Chinese Mandarin: 後設分析 /后设分析 Chinese Mandarin: 統合分析 /统合分析 Czech: metaanalýza Dutch: meta-analyse Estonian: metaanalüüs Finnish: meta-analyysi French: méta-analyse German: Metaanalyse Greek: μετανάλυση Greek: μεταανάλυση Icelandic: safngreining Japanese: メタ分析 Japanese: メタ解析 Japanese: メタアナリシス Korean: 메타분석 Polish: metaanaliza Portuguese: metanálise Portuguese: meta-análise Spanish: metanálisis
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