Author Question: Which of the following is true about meta-analysis? a. Meta-analysis has made it possible to find ... (Read 138 times)

armygirl · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Which of the following is true about meta-analysis?
a. Meta-analysis has made it possible to find definitive answers to questions about small and moderate relationships by taking into account data from a number of different studies.
b. Meta-analysis is a non-controversial approach to research.
c. Meta-analysis just means a very big analysis of one very big data set..
d. All of the above statements are true.

Question 2

Which of the following statements comparing the vote-count approach and the meta-analysis approach is false?
a. A meta-analysis focuses on the magnitude of the effect in each study, and vote-count does not.
b. Vote-count only works for studies involving categorical variables, while a meta-analysis can be used on any type of study.
c. A vote-count approach typically weights each study the same, regardless of sample size, while a meta-analysis typically does not.
d. None of the above.