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Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide
Mark Petticrew
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Description for Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide
Hardcover. Targeted at the wider social science community and written by two highly-respected social scientists, this book outlines the rationale and methods of systematic reviews, giving worked examples from social science and other fields. It requires no previous knowledge, taking the reader through the process stage by stage. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data. This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: * Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews; * Giving worked examples from social science and ... Read more
Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data. This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: * Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews; * Giving worked examples from social science and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405121101
SKU
V9781405121101
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About Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew is an associate director of the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow, Co-ordinator of the ESRC Centre for Evidence-Based Public Health Policy, and has written widely on systematic reviews. Helen Roberts is a social scientist, and professor of Child Health at City University, where she leads the Child Health Research and Policy ... Read more
Reviews for Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide
The book is noteworthy in terms of its comprehensive coverage of issues and inclusive perspective with respect to study inclusion, study quality assessment and findings synthesis. The guide's ecumenical' perspective is certainly a strength inasmuch as different readers will find inspiration and interesting suggestions on how to conduct different types of SR. (Political Studies Review, May 2009)