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Littell, Julia H

Oxford University Press

2008

vi, 202 p. ill. 21 cm

Pocket guides to social work research methods

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index. , Introduction -- Formulating a topic and developing a protocol -- Locating and screening studies -- Data extraction and study quality assessment -- Effect size metrics and pooling methods -- Assessing bias and variations in effects -- Conclusions -- Appendices: A: AMSTAR (for assessment of multiple systematic reviews) -- B: Software for meta-analysis -- Suggested outline for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses -- Sample search strategy -- E: Sample data extraction forms -- Glossary -- References -- Index

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