If a researcher conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of performance enhancing drugs within professional sports, she would be most likely to
A) interview a representative sample of current professional sports teams.
B) compare her data to data from earlier findings on this topic.
C) discuss the manipulation of the independent variables at an upcoming psychological conference.
D) analyze the data on this topic from many prior studies.

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A meta-analysis involves analyzing data from multiple studies on the same topic to draw broader conclusions, which matches the description of option D.

If a Researcher Conducted a Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Performance