meta-analysis

See also: metaanalysis

English

Alternative forms

• metaanalysis
• metanalysis

Etymology

meta- +‎ analysis

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

Coordinate terms

• systematic review

Translations

statistics

• Catalan: metaanàlisi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元分析 (yuánfēnxī), 薈萃分析, 荟萃分析 (huìcuì fēnxī), 後設分析, 后设分析 (hòushè fēnxī), 統合分析, 統合分析 (tǒnghé fēnxī)

• Czech: metaanalýza f
• Dutch: meta-analyse (nl) f
• Estonian: metaanalüüs
• Finnish: meta-analyysi (fi)
• French: méta-analyse (fr) f
• German: Metaanalyse f
• Icelandic: safngreining f

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: メタ分析 (メタぶんせき, metabunseki), メタ解析 (メタかいせき, metakaiseki), メタアナリシス (metaanarishisu)
• Korean: 메타분석 (metabunseok)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: metaanaliza f
• Portuguese: metanálise f, meta-análise f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: metanálisis m
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can