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Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide

ISBN: 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.
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