Session: Thursday 10th July PM (14.15 - 15.30)

Title: Systematic Reviews for Complicated and Complex Questions

Convenor:

Professor David Gough (EPPI-Centre, Institute of Education, University of London)

Abstract Details

Systematic reviews involve the use of explicit rigorous methods of reviewing previous research studies to answer research questions. This approach has been extensively applied to ask narrow questions of the impact of interventions on specific outcomes; for example, in the statistical metal analysis of findings of randomized controlled trials in health research. However the logic of explicit rigorous of previous research findings applies to all research questions. This session discusses methods of systematic review that aggregate and configure data to answer more complicated and complex research questions and thus make the best use of prior primary research.

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Presenter: David Gough

Systematic reviews that configure and aggregate data to answer all research questions

Presenter: James Thomas

Extensions to traditional statistical meta-analysis

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presentation 1

Start time: 14:15

Presentation title:Systematic reviews that configure and aggregate data to answer all research questions

Author: Professor David Gough (EPPI-Centre, Institute of Education, University of London)

Presentation 2

Start time: 14:30

Presentation title:Extensions to traditional statistical meta-analysis

Author: Professor James Thomas (EPPI-Centre, Institute of Education, University of London)

Presentation 3

Start time: 14:50

Presentation title:Multi component mixed methods reviews

Author: Professor Mark Petticrew (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)