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Is red meat bad for health? Meta-study of 44 studies finds results depend on the sponsor. If the sponsor is impartial, studies find it's bad. Studies sponsored by the meat industry find the opposite (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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[โ€“] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A review of studies is a meta-analysis. What you're describing is a meta-meta-analysis, which is also a thing! Here's one I found from a cursory search..

[โ€“] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

Alt text: Life goal #29 is to get enough of them rejected that I can publish a comparative analysis of the rejection letters.