HLTB15H3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 notes.docx
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Synthesize the results and conclusions of 2 or more publications on a given topic". Comprehensively identify and track down all the literature on a given topic". Meta-analysis technique that combines pooled datasets from different studies and analyzes them in order to reach a single observation for the aggregated data. Includes: a conceptual framework and theoretical and empirical information, major research findings, research questions, and gaps. Objectives of a literature review: to broaden the knowledge base, gives information on methods and procedures. Scientific tool which can be used to summarize, appraise, and communicate the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of research" (crd report 4) Systematic approach in identification and evaluation of materials. Sources and methods that will be used to identify materials. Brainstorm of associated or concepts related to the topic. Manually searching reference lists or indexes, bibliographies Operationalises these decisions for an individual database. Overview of the main area under study. Main findings relating to the core issues.
