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Meta-analytics – literature analysis
What is it?
Meta-analysis is the term that describes the synthesis of previous studies in an area in the hope of identifying patterns, trends or interesting relationships among the pre-existing literature and study results.
Meta-analysis is essentially the study of previous studies. For example, a meta-analysis of lung cancer would synthetise all the studies ever conducted on lung cancer into one meta-study. Often these meta-studies can provide a fuller, richer picture of the research area.
When do I use it?
You don’t always have to conduct your own analysis to benefit from the analysis. If what you want to find out has been the topic of a number of studies then you can collate all the previous information ...
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