Systematic reviews and meta-analyses:
A) reside at the top of the evidentiary hierarchy for answering EBP questions about the effectiveness of interventions, programs, or policies.
B) reside below randomized experiments because they take replications into account.
C) are identical, regardless of what statistics they employ.
D) are all unbiased and of equal quality
E) a, c, and d are all true.

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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are considered the highest level of evidence in the hierarchy for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions because they synthesize data from multiple studies, providing a comprehensive overview. However, they are not identical as they can use different methodologies and statistical approaches, and their quality can vary.

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses