Suppose You Are Doing a Meta-Analysis Using 20 Studies, and 2

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Multiple Choice

Suppose you are doing a meta-analysis using 20 studies, and 2 of them show a much larger relationship between the variables studied, compared to all the others.Which of the following is an appropriate way to address this issue?

• A)Throw those two studies out.
• B)Consider those two studies to be the most important and weight them accordingly in the meta-analysis.
• C)Conduct one meta-analysis that includes the two studies and another meta-analysis that excludes the two studies and compare the results.
• D)None of the above.