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Bougioukas, Konstantinos I.; Diakonidis, Theodoros; Mavromanoli, Anna C.; Haidich, Anna-Bettina – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
An overview of reviews aims to collect, assess, and synthesize evidence from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) on a specific topic using rigorous and reproducible methods. An important methodological challenge in conducting an overview of reviews is the management of overlapping data due to the inclusion of the same primary studies in SRs. We…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Open Source Technology, Evaluation Methods, Evidence
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Zhipeng Hou; Elizabeth Tipton – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Literature screening is the process of identifying all relevant records from a pool of candidate paper records in systematic review, meta-analysis, and other research synthesis tasks. This process is time consuming, expensive, and prone to human error. Screening prioritization methods attempt to help reviewers identify most relevant records while…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Research Reports, Identification, Evaluation Methods
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Burns, J.; Polus, S.; Brereton, L.; Chilcott, J.; Ward, S. E.; Pfadenhauer, L. M.; Rehfuess, E. A. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
We describe a combination of methods for assessing the effectiveness of complex interventions, especially where substantial heterogeneity with regard to the population, intervention, comparison, outcomes, and study design of interest is expected. We applied these methods in a recent systematic review of the effectiveness of reinforced home-based…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Health Services
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Atkinson, Kayla M.; Koenka, Alison C.; Sanchez, Carmen E.; Moshontz, Hannah; Cooper, Harris – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
A complete description of the literature search, including the criteria used for the inclusion of reports after they have been located, used in a research synthesis or meta-analysis is critical if subsequent researchers are to accurately evaluate and reproduce a synthesis' methods and results. Based on previous guidelines and new suggestions, we…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Reports, Meta Analysis, Evaluation Methods