Meta Analysis

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017006

1. A family of statistical methods that quantitatively combine the results of separate investigations into a single statement of overall significance. (NIST/SEMATECH 2005b)
2. Systematic methods that use statistical techniques for combining results from different studies to obtain a quantitative estimate of the overall effect of a particular intervention or variable on a defined outcome. This combination may produce a stronger conclusion than can be provided by any individual study. (NLM/NICHSR 2004)
3. The systematic analysis of a set of existing evaluations of similar programs in order to draw general conclusions, develop support for hypotheses, and/or produce an estimate of overall program effects.
4. A set of statistical procedures designed to accumulate experimental and correlational results across independent studies that address a related set of research questions.
5. The formal evaluation of the quantitative evidence from two or more trials bearing on the same question. NOTE: This most commonly involves the statistical combination of summary statistics from the various trials, but the term is sometimes also used to refer to the combination of the raw data. [from ICH E9 Glossary]
6. An umbrella term for a suite of techniques that synthesize the results of empirical research. This could include a simple ranking of results, a meta-analytic average or other central tendency estimate, or a multivariate regression.
1. The systematic analysis of a set of existing evaluations of similar programs in order to draw general conclusions, develop support for hypotheses, and/or produce an estimate of overall program effects.
2. A family of statistical methods that quantitatively combine the results of separate investigations into a single statement of overall significance.
3. Systematic methods that use statistical techniques for combining results from different studies to obtain a quantitative estimate of the overall effect of a particular intervention or variable on a defined outcome. This combination may produce a stronger conclusion than can be provided by any individual study.
4. An umbrella term for a suite of techniques that synthesize the results of empirical research. This could include a simple ranking of results, a meta-analytic average or other central tendency estimate, or a multivariate regression.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-017006
Field	Environment
Subject	Policy and guidance
References	EPA Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment: 5.9 Modeling, Statistics, and Math Terms at http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/criteria/health/microbial/T59.cfm; Program Evaluation Glossary; National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0); Economic Analyses Glossary; NIST/SEMATECH 2005b; NLM/NICHSR 2004; Preparing Economic Analyses Glossary

Record as JSON

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