A researcher examines all published studies of research on the effects of violent films on laboratory measures of aggression and concludes that taken as a whole, these data support the hypothesis that media violence elicits aggression. This analysis would appear to be a:
a. control group post hoc analysis
b. weighted group statistical design
c. meta-analysis
d. multiple study quasi-experiment
e. longitudinal study
Ans: C
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