Systematic Reviews

by Carole Torgerson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826465801
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/01/2003
Series:	Continuum Research Methods
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

1) The nature of evidence2) What is a systematic review? 3) Defining the research question4) The scoping review5) Designing the search strategy6) Which databases are best for educational research? 7) Data extraction forms and double data extraction8) Quality assurance of studies9) Qualitative synthesis of quantitative data10) Pooling data in meta-analysis11) Detailed worked examples of recent systematic review undertaken by the author in the field of educational research