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Basic Concepts in Meta-analysis

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Meta-analysis is one of the methods used for synthetic analyses of knowledge. It combines two approaches:

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  1. INRA, CIRED, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, University Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon, Nogent-sur-Marne, France

    David Makowski

  2. Arvalis Institut du végétal, Boigneville, France

    François Piraux

  3. ACTA, Castanet Tolosan, France

    François Brun

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Makowski, D., Piraux, F., Brun, F. (2019). Basic Concepts in Meta-analysis. In: From Experimental Network to Meta-analysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1696-1_6

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