A Researcher Conducting a Meta-Analysis Is Accused of Providing Only

question 58

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducting a meta-analysis is accused of providing only one side of a story even though he accurately reported the information from the studies he used. How would this be possible?

• A) The researcher did not publish the study for peer review.
• B) The researcher provided information from too many studies.
• C) The researcher looked at both published and unpublished articles.
• D) The researcher only chose articles that contained the same information.

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