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Meta-analysis
Pronunciation
Definition 1
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. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A set of statistical procedures designed to accumulate experimental and correlational results across independent studies that address a related set of research questions. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 3
The formal evaluation of the quantitative evidence from two or more trials bearing on the same question. NOTE: This most commonly involves the statistical combination of summary statistics from the various trials, but the term is sometimes also used to refer to the combination of the raw data. [from ICH E9 Glossary] (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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