Carole Torgerson

Systematic Reviews (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Any piece of primary research ought to be preceded by a systematic review. The key advantage of a systematic review over the traditional narrative review is its ability to identify all the available eveidence in a systematic and replicable manner. This book will describe a) the key steps to undertaking a systematic review and b) the process of undertaking a meta-analysis. The book will include step-by-step examples of how to design data extraction forms, search strategies and combine in a meta-analysis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441184689
• Artikelnr.: 40779842

Autorenporträt

Carole Torgerson is Reader in Evidence-based Education at the University of York, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1) The nature of evidence
2) What is a systematic review?
3) Defining the research question
4) The scoping review
5) Designing the search strategy
6) Which databases are best for educational research?
7) Data extraction forms and double data extraction
8) Quality assurance of studies
9) Qualitative synthesis of quantitative data
10) Pooling data in meta-analysis
11) Detailed worked examples of recent systematic review undertaken by the
author in the field of educational research