TY  - CHAP
AB  - Systematic reviews – that is, research reviews that are rigorous and follow scientific methods – are increasingly important for assisting stakeholders in implementing evidence-based decision making for children and adults with disabilities. Yet, systematic reviews vary greatly in quality and are therefore not a panacea. Distinguishing “good” reviews from “bad” reviews requires time and skills related to the appraisal of systematic reviews. The purpose of this chapter is to inform stakeholders (i.e., practitioners, administrators, policy makers) of evidence-based information sources that provide synopses (i.e., appraisals) of systematic reviews, to provide guidance in reading and interpreting the synopses of various sources, and to propose how to make sense of multiple synopses from different sources for the same systematic review. A secondary purpose of this chapter is to illustrate how stakeholders can conduct their own appraisals if synopses are not available.
VL  - 26
SN  - 978-1-78190-429-9, 978-1-78190-430-5/0735-004X
DO  - 10.1108/S0735-004X(2013)0000026005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X(2013)0000026005
AU  - Schlosser Ralf W.
AU  - Raghavendra Parimala
AU  - Sigafoos Jeff
ED  - Bryan G. Cook
ED  - Melody Tankersley
ED  - Timothy J. Landrum
PY  - 2013
Y1  - 2013/01/01
TI  - Chapter 3 Appraising Systematic Reviews: From Navigating Synopses of Reviews to Conducting One’s Own Appraisal
T2  - Evidence-Based Practices
T3  - Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 45
EP  - 64
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -