Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms

Data extraction is one of the most time-consuming tasks in performing a systematic review. Extraction is often onto some sort of form. Sharing completed forms can be used to check quality and accuracy of extraction or for re-cycling data to other researchers for updating. However, validating each pi...

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Main Authors: Shokraneh, Farhad, Adams, Clive E.
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Published: BioMed Central 2017
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description Data extraction is one of the most time-consuming tasks in performing a systematic review. Extraction is often onto some sort of form. Sharing completed forms can be used to check quality and accuracy of extraction or for re-cycling data to other researchers for updating. However, validating each piece of extracted data is time-consuming and linking to source problematic. In this methodology paper, we summarize three methods for reporting the location of data in original full-text reports, comparing their advantages and disadvantages.
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spelling nottingham-501032020-05-04T18:59:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50103/ Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms Shokraneh, Farhad Adams, Clive E. Data extraction is one of the most time-consuming tasks in performing a systematic review. Extraction is often onto some sort of form. Sharing completed forms can be used to check quality and accuracy of extraction or for re-cycling data to other researchers for updating. However, validating each piece of extracted data is time-consuming and linking to source problematic. In this methodology paper, we summarize three methods for reporting the location of data in original full-text reports, comparing their advantages and disadvantages. BioMed Central 2017-08-04 Article PeerReviewed Shokraneh, Farhad and Adams, Clive E. (2017) Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms. Systematic Reviews, 6 (1). p. 153. ISSN 2046-4053 Data extraction Systematic reviews Traceable data Data location Portable Document Format (PDF) Increasing value Reducing waste https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z doi:10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z doi:10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z
spellingShingle Data extraction
Systematic reviews
Traceable data
Data location
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Increasing value
Reducing waste
Shokraneh, Farhad
Adams, Clive E.
Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title_full Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title_fullStr Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title_full_unstemmed Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title_short Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
title_sort increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms
topic Data extraction
Systematic reviews
Traceable data
Data location
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Increasing value
Reducing waste
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50103/
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