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Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: a Practical Guide ‐ by Petticrew, M. and Roberts, H.
Author(s) -
Walker Jeremy J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.498_4.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , systematic review , publishing , process (computing) , epistemology , sociology , data science , computer science , political science , history , medline , law , philosophy , archaeology , operating system
Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarizing, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data.