Ideal for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals, this new edition includes: - Nearly a hundred online examples and references from the social, behavioural, and health sciences - A revised and updated list of online articles databases - Case studies in the use of major online databases (e.g., the Web of Science) - Expansion of the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching - Clarification of some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods - Explanation of the major available formal systems (such as CONSORT, TREND, PRISMA) for evaluating the literature's transparency and quality - More qualitative research examples and guidelines and checklists for evaluating their quality - Discussion and examples of mixed-methods research - Additional examples of how to write up reviews and how others have done it. INDICE: 1. Reviewing the Literature: Why? For Whom? How?Part I. Research Design and Sampling2. Searching and Screening: The Practical Screen and Methodological QualityPart II. Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results, and Conclusions3. Searching and Screening: Methodological Quality4. Doing the Review: A Reader’s Guide Chapter5. What Did You Find? Synthesizing Results
- ISBN: 978-1-4522-5949-9
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 17/09/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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