METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING

RESEARCH ARTICLE
 Meta analysis
 a statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple scientific
studies.

Meta ethnography
A method for combining data from qualitative evaluation and research,
especially ethnographic data, by translating concepts and metaphors across
studies.
 Bayesian inference

 a way of making statistical inferences in which the statistician assigns

subjective probabilities to the distributions that could generate the data.

Grounded theory
 This methodology involves the construction of hypotheses and theories
through the collecting and analysis of data
 Thematic analysis

 a method for analyzing qualitative data that involves reading through a

set of data and looking for patterns in the meaning of the data to find
themes.