What is a traditional literature review?

What is a traditional literature review?

A narrative or traditional literature review is a comprehensive, critical and objective analysis of the current knowledge on a topic. A literature review will help you to identify patterns and trends in the literature so that you can identify gaps or inconsistencies in a body of knowledge.

What is a systematic review of literature?

A systematic literature review (SLR) identifies, selects and critically appraises research in order to answer a clearly formulated question (Dewey, A. & Drahota, A. 2016). It involves planning a well thought out search strategy which has a specific focus or answers a defined question.

What is the difference between systematic review vs meta analysis?

A systematic review attempts to gather all available empirical research by using clearly defined, systematic methods to obtain answers to a specific question. A meta-analysis is the statistical process of analyzing and combining results from several similar studies.

What are the limitations of the systematic review?

Many reviews did not provide adequate summaries of the included studies. Settings of test use, the expected role of the test, study design characteristics, and demographics of participants, were often not reported. The counts needed to reconstruct the 2×2 tables of results used in each study were often not provided.

What is the process of literature review?

Your literature review should include: an introduction which explains how your review is organized. a body which contains the headings and subheadings that provide a map to show the various perspectives of your argument. In other words the body contains the evaluation of the materials you want to include on your topic.

Is a narrative review the same as a literature review?

The literature review examines published materials which provide an examination of recent or current literature. When reading and evaluating a narrative review, keep in mind that author’s bias may or may not be present. The labels Narrative Review and Literature Review are often describing the same type of review.

How do you know if something is primary literature?

Primary Research Literature

1. The authors are identified.
2. The authors’ affiliations are identified.
3. Sometimes the abstract shows evidence that the article is about the author’s own research:
4. The authors explain how they did their research.
5. The authors report their findings.