n :  quantitative statistical analysis that is applied to separate but similar experiments of different and usu. independent researchers and that involves pooling the data and using the pooled data to test the effectiveness of the results <the report … on low cholesterol presented a comprehensive of 32 randomized studies involving 42,000 individuals -Scientific American Medicine Bull.>  .
 
 
 
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