TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Helen
TI  - Systematic Reviews In The Social Sciences: : a Practical Guide/ 
SN  - 9781405121101
U1  - 300.72300/.72/3 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences; Contents; Foreword -- William R. Shadish; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Why do we need systematic reviews?; Chapter 2 Starting the review: Refining the question; Chapter 3 What sorts of studies do I include in the review? Deciding on the review's inclusion/exclusion criteria; Chapter 4 How to find the studies: The literature search; Chapter 5 How to appraise the studies: An introduction to assessing study quality; Chapter 6 Synthesizing the evidence; Chapter 7 Exploring heterogeneity and publication bias; Chapter 8 Disseminating the review; Chapter 9 Systematic reviews: Urban myths and fairy talesGlossary; Appendix 1 The review process (and some questions to ask before starting a review); Appendix 2 MOOSE Guidelines; Appendix 3 Example of a flow diagram from a systematic review; Appendix 4 Example data extraction form; Appendix 5 Variations in the quality of systematic reviews; Bibliography; Index
N2  - For members of the social science field, from graduate students and researchers to practitioners and policymakers
ER  -