Meta-analysis
- Meta-analysis (メタ解析)
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The statistical analysis of a large collection of analysis results from individual studies for the purpose of integrating the findings (Glass 1976)
Synonyms: quantitative review, study synthesis, and research integration
- Procedures
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To evaluate and integrate various researches
Primary analysis = original research
Secondary analysis = re-research by the other researchersMeta-analysis = obtaining summarized statistics
Effect size
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Mantel-Henzel method (M-H method)
Peto method
Der Simonian-Laird method
General variance-based method - References
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- Glass GV. 1976. Primary, secondary and meta-analysis of research. Educational Researcher 10: 3-8