Dimensions
140 x 216 x 6mm
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 evidence 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.
Table of Contents:
- The nature of evidence
- What is a systematic review?
- Defining the research question
- The scoping review
- Designing the search strategy
- Which databases are best for educational research?
- Data extraction forms and double data extraction
- Quality assurance of studies
- Qualitative synthesis of quantitative data
- Pooling data in meta-analysis
- Detailed worked examples of recent systematic review undertaken by the author in the field of educational research
