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Systematic Literature Review: Critical Appraisal

A systematic review critically gathers, evaluates, and synthesizes all available research on a specific question through a structured protocol to guide evidence-based conclusions.

Critical Appraisal

Many tools and checklists are available to help assess the quality of studies to be included in a review. Studies included in a systematic review should be assessed for their quality, and only good and reliable studies should be included.

Books and Articles

These books and articles are useful when critically evaluating research. Click on the link to access the books and articles in the Summon Web-Scale Discovery record (the link opens in a new window).

Checklists

CASP (link opens in new window): Critical Appraisal Skills Programme includes checklists for systematic reviews, RCTs, qualitative studies, etc.
RoBiS (link opens in new window): Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews
RoB 2 (link opens in new window): Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials
AACODS (link opens in new window): Checklist for appraising grey literature

Websites