noun · academic
meta-analysis
UK/ˌmetəəˈnæləsɪs/US/ˌmeɪtəˈnæləsɪs/me·ta·a·NA·ly·sis
a statistical method that combines results of several independent studies on the same question
Examples
“A recent meta-analysis found a small but significant effect of the intervention.”
“We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.”
“Meta-analysis increases statistical power by pooling data across studies.”
Band 8 sentence
“The meta-analysis combined data from 12 randomized trials to estimate the overall effect size.”
Collocations
- conduct a meta-analysis
- systematic review and meta-analysis
- pooled in a meta-analysis
Word family
Common mistakes
review article→meta-analysis
meta study→meta-analysis
Say it for a higher band
5literature review→6systematic review→7+meta-analysis
Synonyms
systematic review
Easily confused
systematic review
“The paper was a systematic review of smoking cessation interventions.”
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