Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical GuideISBN: 978-1-4051-2110-1
Hardcover
354 pages
December 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Overview of systematic literature review methods;
- Written by two highly-respected social scientists;
- Outlines the rationale and methods of systematic reviews;
- Gives worked examples from social science and other
field;
- Applies to all social science disciplines;
- Requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through
the process stage by stage;
- Draws on examples from such diverse fields as psychology,
criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health,
and housing and urban policy, among others;
- Includes detailed sections on assessing the quality of both
quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in
the social sciences;
meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.