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Evidence Synthesis in the Social Sciences

The Basic Components of Your Review

The PRISMA checklist provides a standardized and widely used template for structuring your review. 

Reporting Standards and Guidelines

These guidelines help create reproducibility across reviews, and ensures that you include vital information about your article selection, search methods, and data extraction. 

Meta-Analysis

Considering a Meta-Analysis as Part of Your Review? See these resources for more support! 

PRISMA Flow Diagram

As stated in the Screen Your Articles Sectionit is essential to document your methodology using a flow diagram. Here are some resources to get you started: 

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