It is appropriate to use statistical integration when which of the following components are nearly identical across studies?
A) Independent variable, dependent variable, and study populations
B) Statistical methods, population sample, hypotheses
C) Dependent variable, research design, theory explication
D) Available evidence, novel interpretation of findings, population sample
A
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Reviewers need to decide whether it is appropriate to use statistical integration. One basic criterion is that the research question being addressed should be nearly identical across studies. This means that the independent and dependent variables, and the study populations, are sufficiently similar to merit integration.
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