Previous edition by Andrew Booth, Anthea Sutton and Diana Papaioannou. 2016. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Meeting the review family: an overview -- Chapter 2: Getting started on your literature review -- Chapter 3: Choosing your review methods -- Chapter 4: Defining your scope -- Chapter 5: Searching the literature -- search process -- Chapter 6: Assessing the evidence base -- Chapter 7: Synthesising and analysing quantitative studies -- Chapter 8: Synthesising and analysing qualitative studies -- Chapter 9: Synthesising and analysing mixed methods data -- Chapter 10: Writing up, presenting and disseminating your review.
Summary:
Whether you are new to literature reviews or working with new types of data, this book takes the guesswork out of writing your literature review. From deciding how much literature to include to managing your data, assessing your sources, and writing results, it outlines a step-by-step process that works with any data. To help you choose best approach for your research, this book includes: Worksheets and decision aids to help you plan and organise your literature review Worked examples and case studies to show you what - and what not - to do in practice Troubleshooting tips and answers to all your frequently asked questions Online access to a literature review starter template, an exercise workbook, project diary template, and a source credibility checklist. The perfect project support for any social sciences student, this edition also includes a new chapter on analysing mixed methods research.
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