Any piece of primary research ought to be preceded by a systematic review. The key advantage of a systematic review over the traditional narrative review is its ability to identify all the available evidence in a systematic and replicable manner. This book describes the key steps to undertaking a systematic review and the process of undertaking a meta-analysis. It includes step-by-step examples of how to design data extraction forms, search strategies and combine in a meta-analysis.
The nature of evidence; What is a systematic review?; Defining the research question; The scoping review; Designing the search strategy; Which databases are best for educational research?; Data extraction forms and double data extraction; Quality assurance of studies; Qualitative synthesis of quantitative data; Pooling data in meta-analysis; Detailed worked examples of recent systematic review undertaken by the author in the field of educational research.
