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Robert C. Lorenz; Mirjam Jenny; Anja Jacobs; Katja Matthias – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Conducting high-quality overviews of reviews (OoR) is time-consuming. Because the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) varies, it is necessary to critically appraise SRs when conducting an OoR. A well-established appraisal tool is A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2, which takes about 15-32 min per application. To save time,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Time Management, Evaluation Methods, Quality Assurance
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Konstantinos I. Bougioukas; Paschalis Karakasis; Konstantinos Pamporis; Emmanouil Bouras; Anna-Bettina Haidich – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Systematic reviews (SRs) have an important role in the healthcare decision-making practice. Assessing the overall confidence in the results of SRs using quality assessment tools, such as "A MeaSurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2" (AMSTAR 2), is crucial since not all SRs are conducted using the most rigorous methods. In this…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Research Methodology, Decision Making, Medical Research
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Stewart, G. B.; Mengersen, K.; Meader, N. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2014
Bayesian networks (BNs) are tools for representing expert knowledge or evidence. They are especially useful for synthesising evidence or belief concerning a complex intervention, assessing the sensitivity of outcomes to different situations or contextual frameworks and framing decision problems that involve alternative types of intervention.…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Networks, Cognitive Mapping, Data Collection