Meta analysis is a type of secondary research, in which primary research is again analyzed

Joachim Hartung has written:

'Statistical meta-analysis with applications' -- subject(s): Statistical hypothesis testing, Meta-analysis, Statistics as Topic, Methods, Statistical Data Interpretation, Meta-Analysis as Topic

Some words that begin with the prefix "meta" include metamorphosis, metadata, metaphor, and metacognition.

meta-analysis

"Meta-analytical" refers to a type of study (called a meta-analysis) which surveys and combines the results of a wide variety of other studies with similar hypotheses. For instance, if I am conducting a meta-analysis on shyness, I would survey a wide variety of research findings on shyness and combine them into one final series of results.