Analysing your results
Analysing your results may involve several stages including:
- Screening your results/selecting your studies to ensure they meet your inclusion/exclusion criteria.
As you screen your results make sure you keep track of what you discard at each stage with a PRISMA Flowchart.
- Data extraction
- A meta-analysis (not suitable for all types of data)
- Narrative synthesis
- Assessing the research for racial bias. Naicker's Critically Appraising for Antiracism Tool can help you with this.
The following resources for further guidance on these stages:
- PRIMSA Checklist - guidance for transparent reporting in systematic reviews
You may find these tools useful to help analyse your findings:
- The Campbell Collaboration evidence synthesis tools
- The Systematic Review Toolbox
Next step: Writing up your review
