Ellen has read a number of studies on the effect of physical attractiveness on judgments of an individual's personality characteristics.She then writes a paper in which she categorizes the findings and draws her conclusions based on her summaries of the studies.Ellen has most likely conducted a(n)
A) categorization analysis.
B) meta-analysis.
C) literature review.
D) meta-categorization.

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Ellen's process of reading, summarizing, and drawing conclusions from various studies without statistically analyzing the data fits the description of a literature review. A literature review involves critically analyzing and synthesizing existing research on a topic to provide an overview of what is known.

Ellen Has Read a Number of Studies on the Effect