Your Assignment
- Apply your inclusion and exclusion criteria to the results from your search procedures and examine the studies that meet the qualifications to be included in your literature review.
- Provide highlights of these studies, guided by the reflection questions below:
A. Based on these studies, does it appear your search criteria, with inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, were effective in identifying relevant sources?
- How many studies did your initial search generate (after applying your inclusion and exclusion criteria)? Is this number manageable? Are there too many or too few?
- Are the qualifying studies generally relevant to your research question?
- Do the studies align with key concepts and variables of interest in your systematic review?
- Are there any important studies or topics you expected to find but did not?
- Reflect and identify any patterns in the studies that were included and excluded. Do these patterns indicate that your criteria are too broad or too narrow?
- Are your criteria effectively filtering out irrelevant studies?
- Do the selected studies meet all the inclusion criteria you established?
- Are there studies included that should have been excluded based on your criteria?
- Did additional search terms surface that might be used to expand your search?
B. Based on this initial review, does it appear you need to revise your search terms or inclusion and exclusion criteria?
- Reflect on whether the search terms used were comprehensive enough to cover the topic adequately.
- Reflect on the balance between sensitivity (finding all relevant studies) and specificity (excluding irrelevant studies).
- Based on the initial review, do you notice any trends that suggest your search strategy could be improved?
- Are there specific aspects of your criteria that seem to be either too restrictive or too lenient
- Is the scope of your search too broad or too narrow to effectively capture relevant studies?
C. If your initial review indicates revisions to your search are needed, revise your procedures and document the updated search terms and criteria. Redo your search.
- What specific changes will you make to your search terms or criteria based on your initial review?
- How will you document these changes to ensure transparency and reproducibility in your review process?
- Ensure all changes and the rationale behind them are clearly documented.
- Plan additional searches to fill gaps identified in your initial search.
- Be systematic in applying your revised search terms and criteria to ensure consistency.
- Continue to document all procedures, including search terms, databases used, and any adjustments made.
3. Submit your initial assignment for feedback and review.
- Based on instructor feedback, you may need to expand your search and update your search procedures with any changes made to the initial screening of your results.
4. After receiving feedback from the instructor, make any needed revisions to your assignment and resubmit to your instructor for approval and permission to proceed to the next step.
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