Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences - A Practical Guide

of: Mark Petticrew, Helen Roberts

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

ISBN: 9781405150149 , 354 Pages

Format: PDF, Read online

Copy protection: DRM

Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: 5
Contents: 7
Foreword: 8
Acknowledgments: 12
Preface: 15
Chapter 1 Why do we need systematic reviews?: 19
Chapter 2 Starting the review: Refining the question: 45
Chapter 3 What sorts of studies do I include in the review?Deciding on the review’s inclusion/exclusion criteria: 75
Chapter 4 How to find the studies: The literature search: 97
Chapter 5 How to appraise the studies: An introduction toassessing study quality: 143
Chapter 6 Synthesizing the evidence: 182
Chapter 7 Exploring heterogeneity and publication bias: 233
Chapter 8 Disseminating the review: 265
Chapter 9 Systematic reviews: Urban myths and fairy tales: 283
Glossary: 295
Appendix 1 The review process (and some questions to askbefore starting a review): 302
Appendix 2 MOOSE Guidelines: 306
Appendix 3 Example of a flow diagram from a systematic review: 309
Appendix 4 Example data extraction form: 311
Appendix 5 Variations in the quality of systematic reviews: 314
Bibliography: 316
Index: 342

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