Likert scale
Critical appraisal
Literature review
Meta-analysis
Systematic review
Cochrane Collaboration
Meta-synthesis
Narrative literature review
Publication bias
Variable
Secondary research
Integrative review
Inductive reasoning
Non-propositional knowledge
Flows from thoughts related to a particular issue to a general theory.
The tendency to publish studies that report positive results regarding the effectiveness of a particular intervention.
The use of statistical techniques in a systematic review to integrate the results of included studies.
Uses explicit methods to identify, select and critically appraise relevant research.
Summarises and critiques past research that use a diverse range of methodologies and methods.
Personal knowledge linked to experience that is used by individuals to help them think and act.
Research that uses data from primary research.
A careful evaluation of the worth, value or quality of evidence.
A form of secondary research undertaken on primary sources
Method used to measure attitudes, where respondents indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement.
Traditional approach, focussing on a broad topic, purely descriptive.
A factor or trait that is likely to change from one person to another.
Promotes, supports and prepares systematic reviews, mainly in relation to effectiveness.
The pooling of findings from a number of qualitative studies.
