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Jona Lilienthal; Sibylle Sturtz; Christoph Schürmann; Matthias Maiworm; Christian Röver; Tim Friede; Ralf Bender – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
In Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis, the use of weakly informative prior distributions is of particular benefit in cases where only a few studies are included, a situation often encountered in health technology assessment (HTA). Suggestions for empirical prior distributions are available in the literature but it is unknown whether these are…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Meta Analysis, Health Sciences, Technology
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Calonge, Ned; Shekelle, Paul G.; Owens, Douglas K.; Teutsch, Steven; Downey, Autumn; Brown, Lisa; Noyes, Jane – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Despite research investment and a growing body of diverse evidence there has been no comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those in medicine and other public health fields. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an ad hoc committee…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Mixed Methods Research, Public Health
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Razmgir, Maryam; Panahi, Sirous; Ghalichi, Leila; Mousavi, Seyed Ali Javad; Sedghi, Shahram – Research Evaluation, 2021
This article explores the models and frameworks developed on "research impact'. We aim to provide a comprehensive overview of related literature through scoping study method. The present research investigates the nature, objectives, approaches, and other main attributes of the research impact models. It examines to analyze and classify models…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Models, Evaluation Methods, Classification
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Hong, Quan Nha; Rees, Rebecca; Sutcliffe, Katy; Thomas, James – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Conducting mixed methods reviews is challenging. The aim of this article is to describe a range of rationales for and approaches to mixed methods reviews, with a particular focus on one research group. A case study was conducted to describe the mixed methods review process used at the Department of Health and Social Care Reviews Facility in…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries, State of the Art Reviews, Evaluation Methods
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Bender, Ralf; Friede, Tim; Koch, Armin; Kuss, Oliver; Schlattmann, Peter; Schwarzer, Guido; Skipka, Guido – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
In systematic reviews, meta-analyses are routinely applied to summarize the results of the relevant studies for a specific research question. If one can assume that in all studies the same true effect is estimated, the application of a meta-analysis with common effect (commonly referred to as fixed-effect meta-analysis) is adequate. If…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Meta Analysis, Research Problems
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Caracelli, Valerie J.; Cooksy, Leslie J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2013
The quality of mixed methods systematic reviews relies on the quality of primary-level studies. The synthesis of qualitative evidence and the recent development of synthesizing mixed methods studies hold promise, but also pose challenges to evidence synthesis.
Descriptors: Evidence, Mixed Methods Research, Synthesis, Research Design
Suri, Harsh – Routledge Research in Education, 2013
Primary research in education and social sciences is marked by a diversity of methods and perspectives. How can we accommodate and reflect such diversity at the level of synthesizing research? What are the critical methodological decisions in the process of a research synthesis, and how do these decisions open up certain possibilities, while…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Inclusion, Synthesis
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Maggin, Daniel M.; Johnson, Austin H.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Ruberto, Laura M.; Berggren, Melissa – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this review was to synthesize the research underlying group contingency interventions to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support their use for managing the classroom behavior of students with behavioral difficulties. An application of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) procedures for evaluating single-subject…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Literature Reviews
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Atkinson, Maxine P.; Wills, Jeremiah B.; McClure, Amy I. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
The debate defining thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking is expansive. Geersteen (2003) provides an excellent review of this literature and suggests that one way to distinguish between lower- and higher-level thinking is based on the level of abstraction. In this article, the authors focus on analysis and synthesis or…
Descriptors: Evidence, Tables (Data), Heuristics, Data Analysis
Slavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
One of the major series of reviews in elementary and secondary education is the Best Evidence Encyclopedia, or the BEE. Up to now, findings for systematic reviews have largely been restricted to the reviews themselves, with few cases in which lessons learned across many reviews using similar methods can be synthesized. The completion of the Best…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Sample Size, Elementary Secondary Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers