English

Alternative forms

• metaanalysis

Noun

meta-analysis ‎(plural meta-analyses)

1. (statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
2. (statistics) 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.

Hyponyms

• metaregression
• forest plot

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