Review methods Flashcards
1
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What is a narrative review?
A
Critiques and summarises a body of literature
draws conclusions
identifies gaps
qualitative
2
Q
What are the weakness of narrative review?
A
- subject to bias
- large no. of studies make it hard to draw conclusions
3
Q
What is a systematic review?
A
aims to answer specific research questions
Gathers all relevant data
rigorous appraisal
quantitive
4
Q
What is meta-analysis?
A
tests a hypothesis. statistical anaylsis on medical studies, researching the same thing which are expected to have some degree of error
5
Q
What is meta- synthesis?
A
Brings together qualitative data to form new interpretation of research field.
