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metanalysis

[ met-uh-nal-uh-sis ]

noun

plural metanalyses
  1. a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision:

    “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”



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Origin of metanalysis1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Last year, to help make the case that medication timing could have a major impact, Hogenesch and colleagues released as a preprint, ahead of peer review, a metanalysis of previous clinical trials that included the time of day that subjects received one of 48 pharmacological or surgical treatments.

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In the meantime, researchers can create larger and more representative samples by looking at multiple small studies collectively in what’s called a metanalysis.

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Johnson points to a recent metanalysis, published as a working paper, which analyzed 150 articles and found, on average, strong empirical evidence of people weighting losses more strongly than gains in their decision-making.

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People, things, and culture There are studies that support Damore’s assertion that women, on average, prefer working with people and men prefer working with things, like a metanalysis published in 2009 that analyzed career-interest surveys conducted since the 1970s.

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But until there’s a cure, music therapy does seem to help boost patients’ moods, a recent study of studies called a metanalysis shows.

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