TY - BOOK AU - Lockwood,Craig AU - Sfetcu,Raluca AU - Oh,Eiu Geum ED - Joanna Briggs Institute. TI - Synthesizing quantitative evidence T2 - Synthesis science in healthcare series SN - 9781469800653 U1 - 610.721 23 PY - 2011///] CY - Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Methodology KW - Quantitative research KW - Systematic reviews (Medical research) KW - UK eLD e-books KW - IeDuTC KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) N2 - The objective of a systematic review is to summarize the evidence on a specific clinical question using a transparent, a-priori protocol driven approach. This book provides an overview of the fundamental knowledge, principals and processes for the synthesis of quantitative data in reviews of the effectiveness of health care interventions. As such, it is designed for new reviewers, for students and as an introductory text for academics looking for a book on the fundamentals rather than advanced statistical processes UR - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=n&CSC=Y&PAGE=booktext&D=books&AN=01607893$&XPATH=/PG(0)&EPUB=Y ER -