Meta-Analysis

question 7

Multiple Choice

Meta-analysis

• A) combines research findings across studies to determine an overall treatment effect.
• B) focus exclusively on the effectiveness of play therapy.
• C) prevents the ability to overcome the limitations associated with small sample sizes.
• D) requires large sample sizes in each independent study.
• E) requires qualitative research methodology.

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Definitions:

Teratogens

Agents or factors that cause or increase the risk of developmental abnormalities in a fetus.

Critical Period

A period so important to development that a harmful environmental influence at that time can keep a bodily structure from developing normally or can impair later intellectual or social development.

Personal Fable

A belief held by adolescents that they are unique, invulnerable, and can not be understood by others.