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robust tools for examining linguistic features such as frequency of terms,
collocations, and thematic clusters.
By shedding light on the linguistic and thematic characteristics of mu-
sicological writings, this study not only maps the landscape of Slovenian
musicology but also demonstrates the utility of corpus-linguistic and oth-
er digital-humanist methods in humanities research. The findings may
have implications for educators, researchers, and policymakers interested
in the progression of musicological studies both within Slovenia and in the
broader international context.

Background
This section describes the main theoretical underpinnings of the methods
and processes employed in the present paper.

Meta-Analyses in Scholarly Research
Meta-analysis is a systematic research methodology that aggregates and
synthesizes results from multiple studies to draw more comprehensive
2
conclusions than those offered by individual analyses. Initially devel-
oped within the fields of medicine and psychology to resolve discrepancies
3
among study findings , meta-analysis has been increasingly adopted across
various disciplines, including the social sciences and humanities.
Meta-analyses are employed to achieve a holistic understanding of a
research topic by combining findings from numerous studies. This compre-
hensive approach enables researchers to identify general patterns and over-
arching themes that might not be evident in isolated studies. By resolving
inconsistencies that often arise due to differences in methodology, sample
sizes, or contexts among individual studies, meta-analysis provides more
robust and reliable conclusions. The method enhances statistical power by
combining data, reducing the likelihood of Type II errors (false negatives),
which is particularly valuable when individual studies have small sample
4
sizes or subtle effects. Moreover, meta-analyses help in identifying research
gaps by highlighting areas where findings are consistently inconclusive
2 Ibid.
3 Mary Lee Smith and Gene V. Glass, “Meta-Analysis of Psychotherapy Outcome
Studies,” American Psychologist 32, no. 9 (1977): 752–60.
4 Robert Rosenthal, Meta-Analytic Procedures for Social Research. Applied Social Re-
search Methods (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1991), https://doi.
org/10.4135/9781412984997.

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