meta-analysis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Ancient Greek ἀναλύω (analúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis)bor. Medieval Latin analysisbor. English analysis English meta-analysis From meta- + analysis.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper.
2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN:
- (countable, uncountable) An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.
- (countable, uncountable) An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.
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| metaanalysis | alternative | lexicographic | |
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Relateds
metanalytic · meta-analytic · metaresearch · epistemology · metascience · metaanalytic · metatheory · metasynthesis · metamethod
Translations (26)
nl meta-analyse (statistics) · et metaanalüüs (statistics) · ca metaanàlisi (statistics) · cmn 薈萃分析 /荟萃分析 (statistics) · ja メタ分析 (statistics) · fi meta-analyysi (statistics) · cs metaanalýza (statistics) · el μεταανάλυση (statistics) · pl metaanaliza (statistics) · cmn 後設分析 /后设分析 (statistics) · fr méta-analyse (statistics) · pt meta-análise (statistics) · cmn 元分析 (statistics) · cmn 統合分析 /统合分析 (statistics) · vi phân tích gộp (statistics) · vi phân tích tổng hợp (statistics) · ja メタアナリシス (statistics) · cmn 統合分析 /统合分析 (statistics) · es metanálisis (statistics) · vi phân tích meta (statistics) · pt metanálise (statistics) · ja メタ解析 (statistics) · is safngreining (statistics) · ko 메타분석 (statistics) · de Metaanalyse (statistics) · el μετανάλυση (statistics)