Doing a Systematic Review
A Student's Guide
- Angela Boland - University of Liverpool, UK
- Gemma Cherry - Dublin City University, Ireland
- Rumona Dickson - University of Liverpool, UK
- How do I formulate an appropriate review question?
- What’s the best way to manage my review?
- How do I develop my search strategy?
- How do I get started with data extraction?
- How do I assess the quality of a study?
- How can I analyse and synthesize my data?
- How should I write up the discussion and conclusion sections of my dissertation or thesis?
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The COVID-19 pandemic has a a negative impact on the opportunities for empirical data collection and as a result there has been a move to secondary data sets and systematic review of literature as the basis of Masters level dissertations. This book is invaluable for ensuring the students have the knowledge and understanding to make a reasonable attempt at systematic review within the constraints of Masters submission and assessment criteria.
This is a very readable and useful book for those students who wish to go into depth and focus on their systematic review. Therefore it will become recommended reading
Exactly what we want to teach in the research methods course
This is an excellent guide. The writing is clear and friendly but at the same time rigourous. It is definitely my first choice when it comes to recommend a reading to students doing systematic review.
This book is well written and each chapter offers the reader essential information to help them produce work worthy of publication and masters level dissertation. As a dissertation marker, I recommend this book to all students setting out on their first journey of conducting a review which requires all the ingredients each chapter explores
This is a brilliant book. So much depth. really clearly laid out. Already started promoting to my students who love it too!
This book has been formally reviewed and the review will be published in the journal Veterinary Evidence early January.
