Summing up: The Science of Reviewing Research

Ian P. Wilkinson; Richard J. Light; David B. Pillemer

doi:10.2307/1164691

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. Organizing a Reviewing Strategy 3. Quantitative Procedures 4. Numbers and Narrative: The Division of Labor 5. What We Have Learned 6. A Checklist for Evaluating Reviews Reference Index

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ChecklistNarrativeIndex (typography)Division (mathematics)Management scienceData scienceComputer scienceLibrary scienceMathematics educationSociologyEpistemologyEngineering ethicsPsychologyEngineeringLinguisticsMathematicsWorld Wide WebPhilosophyCognitive psychologyArithmetic

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Pages: 302-302
Citations: 1490
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                                    Ian P. Wilkinson, 
                                
                                    Richard J. Light, 
                                
                                    David B. Pillemer
                                
                            (1987). 
                            Summing up: The Science of Reviewing Research. 
                            Journal of Educational Statistics
                            , 12
                            (3)
                            , 302-302.
                            https://doi.org/10.2307/1164691

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DOI: 10.2307/1164691