เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การทบทวนวรรณกรรมแบบพรรณนา	Meta-Analysis
สาขาวิชา	การเขียนเชิงวิชาการ	การเขียนเชิงวิชาการ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1900	1976
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Research community (traditional academic writing format)	Glass (1976, term coining); Fisher and Pearson (statistical foundations)
ประเภท	Document Type	Document Type
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Green, B. N., Johnson, C. D., & Adams, A. (2006). Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 5(3), 101–117.	Page, M. J., et al. (2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ, 372, n71.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	narrative review, literature survey, interpretive review, state-of-the-art review	quantitative synthesis, meta-synthesis, pooled analysis, statistical integration
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	2
สรุป	A narrative literature review is an interpretive synthesis of published research organized around themes, concepts, or historical progression rather than systematic search. Unlike systematic reviews, narrative reviews employ subjective study selection, do not require protocol registration, and prioritize depth of interpretation over exhaustive comprehensiveness. Narrative reviews are valuable for conceptual synthesis, exploring emerging fields with sparse literature, and providing historical context; they have been the traditional form of scholarly literature synthesis since the inception of academic journals.	Meta-analysis is the statistical pooling of quantitative findings from multiple independent studies to produce a combined effect estimate. By aggregating data across studies, meta-analysis increases statistical power, reduces random error, and provides a precise summary of an intervention's effectiveness or an association's magnitude. Gene V. Glass coined the term in 1976, formalizing a technique that has become indispensable for evidence synthesis in medicine, psychology, education, and other evidence-based disciplines.