CH 7

Question 1

What is a lit review?
Does it have to include more than one article?
Why would a lit review be conducted?

Answer 1

• a written summary of the state of evidence on a research problem
• can be on multiple articles or stand alone
• to gather significant data on a topic

Question 2

When might a literature review occur in a qualitative study?

Answer 2

after the study has started or identified themes / theories

Question 3

is a lit review a primary or secondary article?

Answer 3

secondary

Question 4

Opinion articles, case reports, and clinical anecdotes are ___ ___ that should ___

Answer 4

• non-research-based sources

- should not be included in a lit review

Question 5

What are 3 tasks involved in starting a lit review?

Answer 5

• figure out topic with primary and secondary questions
• devise a search strategy
• screen the sources

Question 6

What is the only option for searching for resources reviewed in this class

Answer 6

bibliographic databases

Question 7

A key word or phrase captures ____

This is what part of the PICO question

Answer 7

• key components in you question

- I & O

Question 8

What are boolean operators? how do they relate words in your search?

Answer 8

• and, or, not
• and : will have both words in the article : not necessarily together
• or : will have either word
• not : will have the first word and exclude the second

Question 9

What does the use of quotations do when searching

Answer 9

forces the search to keep the words in the same order

Question 10

What part of an article is used to screen for relevance?

Answer 10

the abstract

Question 11

What. is documentation? How does it refer to screening articles for a lit review?

Answer 11

• documentation is used to in large scale lit reviews –> prevent you from reading the same article over and over again
• if includes what limitation were applied, what key words were used

Question 12

What is abstracting?

Answer 12

• keeping tract of the articles with their references

Question 13

What should you see in a literature review?

How many articles are discussed in detail?

Answer 13

• synthesis of current evidence

- describe one or two studies in detail : other articles used at the end of a point to provide support

Question 14

What bias if any should be in a lit review?

Answer 14

only bias should be in regards to quality

Question 15

If a study is the first of its type the lit review should support the need for ___ ___
If a different env needs to be tested this should be ___

Answer 15

• more research

- clear