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sammy

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Name one way in which a meta-analysis improves the situation where many small studies were conducted, but no large studies.

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Name two benefits of meta-analysis.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING: 1) ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO RULE OUT CHANCE FOR THE COMBINED RESULTS, WHEN THEY COULD NOT DO SO FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDIES; 2) ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO GET A MUCH MORE PRECISE ESTIMATE OF A RELATIONSHIP THAN THEY CAN WITH INDIVIDUAL SMALL STUDIES.

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Answer to Question 2

ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING ARE OK: 1) DETECTING SMALL OR MODERATE RELATIONSHIPS; 2) OBTAINING A MORE PRECISE ESTIMATE OF A RELATIONSHIP; 3) DETERMINING FUTURE RESEARCH; 4) FINDING PATTERNS ACROSS STUDIES.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Excellent

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