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Waffenschmidt, Siw; Navarro-Ruan, Tamara; Hobson, Nick; Hausner, Elke; Sauerland, Stefan; Haynes, R. Brian – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
A retrospective analysis published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) in 2018 concluded that no filter for non-randomized studies (NRS) achieved sufficient sensitivity ([greater than or equal to] 92%), a precondition for comprehensive information retrieval. New NRS filters are therefore required, taking into…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Information Storage, Information Retrieval, Online Searching
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Stansfield, Claire; Thomas, James; Kavanagh, Josephine – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
Background: Scoping reviews of research help determine the feasibility and the resource requirements of conducting a systematic review, and the potential to generate a description of the literature quickly is attractive. Aims: To test the utility and applicability of an automated clustering tool to describe and group research studies to improve…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Research Reports, Feasibility Studies