On the matter of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: As an expert in systematic review methodology, I can attest that the problem isn't just with junk research being incorporated into reviews; the problem is often also with the reviews being junk themselves. It's disturbingly difficult to find a well-performed and reported systematic r…
On the matter of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: As an expert in systematic review methodology, I can attest that the problem isn't just with junk research being incorporated into reviews; the problem is often also with the reviews being junk themselves. It's disturbingly difficult to find a well-performed and reported systematic review - most rank as little more than a half-hearted lit review that some researcher wanted to published so they shined it up and called it systematic.
On the matter of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: As an expert in systematic review methodology, I can attest that the problem isn't just with junk research being incorporated into reviews; the problem is often also with the reviews being junk themselves. It's disturbingly difficult to find a well-performed and reported systematic review - most rank as little more than a half-hearted lit review that some researcher wanted to published so they shined it up and called it systematic.