Systematizing Literature ReviewsBased on Cochrane systemic reviews

for effect size calculation

Sujata N GamageTaiwan

August 25, 2015

This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

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Cochrane SRs for effect size calculation

• Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy, and are internationally recognised as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

May 26, 2014www.community.cochrane.org/cochrane-reviews

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Systematic reviews of the literature for synthesizing research findings• Pickering

, C.M. and Byrne, J. (2014). The benefits of publishing systematic quantitative literature reviews for PhD candidates and other early career researchers. Higher Education Research and Development. 33: 534-548

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Cochrane SR Method

After the review protocol s approved: • SEARCH• SCREEN• APPRAISE • SYNTHESIZE

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Systematic literature reviews

• GET SET Purpose, Research question, Causal mechanism, Title (INTRODUCTION)

• SEARCH Keywords; Synonyms; Databases (METHOD)• TABULATE Excel or other (METHOD)• SCREEN Inclusion/Exclusion criteria (METHOD)• APPRAISE Relevance (METHOD)• Categorize Categories and subcategories (ANALYSIS)• Synthesize Crosstabs (ANALYSIS)

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GET SETIdentify purpose, research question, causal mechanism & title,

specifying ‘population, intervention and outcome’

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ExamplesIdentify purpose, research question, causal mechanism & title, specifying ‘population, intervention and outcome’

• Electronic commerce research trends in China: A literature review

• Utilising ICTs to advance rural women’s empowerment in South West Nigeria

• Big data retention: the effect of privacy on big data retention.

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SEARCHKeywords, Synonyms, Sources

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Utilising ICTs to advance rural women’s empowerment in South West Nigeria• IDENTIFY

– Keywords– Synonyms– Sources

• Advisor• Selected journals• Individual authors• Key papers and citations therein• Scholar.google.com• Institutional web sites• Research databases (e.g. ERIC, Proquest, EBSCO, SSCI)

• SEARCH• DOCUMENT

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‘ICT Women Empowerment’ search result

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‘ICT Women Empowerment’ search result

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TABULATEKeywords, Synonyms, Sources

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‘ICT Women Empowerment’ search result

Title Citation Desc CitationsSource

Information and communication technology and women empowerment in Iran

F Shirazi - Telematics and Informatics, 2012 - Elsevier

... 2009, women's rights activists from many campaign groups have built a coalition for women'sempowerment to promote ... Since then we have seen women on the streets of major cities in Iran ...This utilization of an ICT made the Iranian women's movement much stronger and Neda ...

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WOMEN IN MANAGERIAL POSITION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: WORLD SCENARIO

SR Choudhury, D Ray - … & Innovations in Management: Volume II, 2015 - books.google.com...

Only 19 percent of ICT bosses are women–much lower than the 45 percent frequently achievedin other sectors," said Neelie Kroes, vice-president and commissioner for the digital ... 2) To findout the impact of% of female in a managerial position on women empowerment. 1.4. ...

-google.com [HTML]

Pragmatic Approaches to Sustainable Development through Rural Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

M Roy - Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2013 - iiste.org

... It focuses on the empowerment of rural women, including in relation to access to microcredit, Information Communication and Technology (ICT), agriculture etc. Keywords:Agriculture, ICT, Micro Credit, Poultry, women empowerment ...

- iiste.org [PDF]

Professionally Skilled Women and Social Media: A Study of Select Group of Women

A Kumari, N Sinha - Journal of Advanced …, 2015 - management.adrpublications.com

... ISSN: 2304-0777. Patil DA, Dhere AM, Pawar CB. ICT and Empowerment of Rural and DeprivedWomen in Asia. Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development 2009; XIX. ISSN: 1018-5291. SelanikioJ. The invisible computer revolution. BBC News, 2008, 17 January. ...

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Economic empowerment of women through information technology: a case study from an Indian state

PN Prasad, V Sreedevi - Journal of International Women's Studies, 2013 - vc.bridgew.edu

... barriers References Anitha Gurumurthy(2003), Bridging the Digital Gender Divide:Issues and Insights on ICT for Women's Economic Empowerment, United NationsDevelopment Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 2003. C. Avgerou ...

12bridgew.edu [PDF]

Impact of ICT on women empowerment in South Asia

S Islam - Journal of Economic & Financial Studies, 2015 - journalofeconomics.org

Abstract Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been increasingly promoted as a key solution for comprehensive development, poverty eradication and the empowerment of historically disadvantaged groups, such as women and minorities in the ...

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EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

C Subramanian - 2012 - recentscientific.com

... the country for the numerous development programmes. The paper explores theavenues created by ICT for women empowerment and suggests strategies to ensurethat greater benefits accrue to women. INTRODUCTION ...

-recentscientific.com [PDF]

Critical theory for women empowerment through ICT studies

M Kenkarasseril Joseph - Qualitative Research Journal, 2013 - emeraldinsight.com

Purpose-Information and communication technology (ICT) is a powerful tool and an enabler of economic growth in under-developed areas. ICTs have played an important role in women's development and provided opportunities for empowerment. ICTs have the …

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ICT and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Rural Women: Case of Mobile Phone in India

BS Mehta, N Mehta - Knowledge Horizons-Economics, 2014 - orizonturi.ucdc.ro

Abstract The concept of gender empowerment is a common concern all over the World. This issue has now acquired new dimensions with the advent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in development countries like India. It has potential to empower women ...

- ucdc.ro [PDF]

Role of ICT education for women empowerment

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ABSTRACT Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Information and communications are closely linked to power and the ability to affect change. ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, ...

3ijeronline.com [PDF]

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SCREENinclusion/exclusion Criteria

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Searching “Utilising ICTs to advance rural women’s empowerment in South West Nigeria”

• Published after 2000• Concerns women’s empowerment• Concerns a use of ICT• Concerns a developing country context

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‘ICT Women Empowerment’ search result

Title Citation Desc CitationsSource

Information and communication technology and women empowerment in Iran

F Shirazi - Telematics and Informatics, 2012 - Elsevier

... 2009, women's rights activists from many campaign groups have built a coalition for women'sempowerment to promote ... Since then we have seen women on the streets of major cities in Iran ...This utilization of an ICT made the Iranian women's movement much stronger and Neda ...

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WOMEN IN MANAGERIAL POSITION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: WORLD SCENARIO

SR Choudhury, D Ray - … & Innovations in Management: Volume II, 2015 - books.google.com...

Only 19 percent of ICT bosses are women–much lower than the 45 percent frequently achievedin other sectors," said Neelie Kroes, vice-president and commissioner for the digital ... 2) To findout the impact of% of female in a managerial position on women empowerment. 1.4. ...

-google.com [HTML]

Pragmatic Approaches to Sustainable Development through Rural Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

M Roy - Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2013 - iiste.org

... It focuses on the empowerment of rural women, including in relation to access to microcredit, Information Communication and Technology (ICT), agriculture etc. Keywords:Agriculture, ICT, Micro Credit, Poultry, women empowerment ...

- iiste.org [PDF]

Professionally Skilled Women and Social Media: A Study of Select Group of Women

A Kumari, N Sinha - Journal of Advanced …, 2015 - management.adrpublications.com

... ISSN: 2304-0777. Patil DA, Dhere AM, Pawar CB. ICT and Empowerment of Rural and DeprivedWomen in Asia. Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development 2009; XIX. ISSN: 1018-5291. SelanikioJ. The invisible computer revolution. BBC News, 2008, 17 January. ...

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Economic empowerment of women through information technology: a case study from an Indian state

PN Prasad, V Sreedevi - Journal of International Women's Studies, 2013 - vc.bridgew.edu

... barriers References Anitha Gurumurthy(2003), Bridging the Digital Gender Divide:Issues and Insights on ICT for Women's Economic Empowerment, United NationsDevelopment Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 2003. C. Avgerou ...

12bridgew.edu [PDF]

Impact of ICT on women empowerment in South Asia

S Islam - Journal of Economic & Financial Studies, 2015 - journalofeconomics.org

Abstract Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been increasingly promoted as a key solution for comprehensive development, poverty eradication and the empowerment of historically disadvantaged groups, such as women and minorities in the ...

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EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

C Subramanian - 2012 - recentscientific.com

... the country for the numerous development programmes. The paper explores theavenues created by ICT for women empowerment and suggests strategies to ensurethat greater benefits accrue to women. INTRODUCTION ...

-recentscientific.com [PDF]

Critical theory for women empowerment through ICT studies

M Kenkarasseril Joseph - Qualitative Research Journal, 2013 - emeraldinsight.com

Purpose-Information and communication technology (ICT) is a powerful tool and an enabler of economic growth in under-developed areas. ICTs have played an important role in women's development and provided opportunities for empowerment. ICTs have the …

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ICT and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Rural Women: Case of Mobile Phone in India

BS Mehta, N Mehta - Knowledge Horizons-Economics, 2014 - orizonturi.ucdc.ro

Abstract The concept of gender empowerment is a common concern all over the World. This issue has now acquired new dimensions with the advent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in development countries like India. It has potential to empower women ...

- ucdc.ro [PDF]

Role of ICT education for women empowerment

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ABSTRACT Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Information and communications are closely linked to power and the ability to affect change. ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, ...

3ijeronline.com [PDF]

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Categorize

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Searching “Utilising ICTs to advance rural women’s empowerment in South West Nigeria”

• Year• Journal• Country• Review/Single study• Theoretical/Empirical• Population• Intervention (Types ICT)• Outcome

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‘ICT Women Empowerment’ search resultTitle Year Journal Country

Information and communication technology and women empowerment in Iran 2012 Telematics and

Informatic Iran

WOMEN IN MANAGERIAL POSITION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: WORLD SCENARIO 2015 Innovations in

Management. World

Pragmatic Approaches to Sustainable Development through Rural Women Empowerment in Bangladesh 2013

Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development

Bangladesh

Professionally Skilled Women and Social Media: A Study of Select Group of Women 2015 Journal of Advanced …, World

Economic empowerment of women through information technology: a case study from an Indian state 2013

Journal of International Women's Studie

India

Impact of ICT on women empowerment in South Asia 2015 Journal of Economic & Financial Studies South Asia

EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) 2012 recentscientific.com World

Critical theory for women empowerment through ICT studies 2013 Qualitative Research Journal World

ICT and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Rural Women: Case of Mobile Phone in India 2014 Knowledge Horizons-

Economics India

Role of ICT education for women empowerment - - World

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Findings

• Most publications during in 2011-2012• Journals varied• Countries (India, 20%; Bangladesh, 5%; Nigeria, 4%..)• Population (rural women, activists, professional women…)• Interventions (ICT education, Mobile phones..)• Outcomes (confidence, educational attainment, jobs,

livelihoods …..)

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Review

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Systematic literature reviews

• GET SET Purpose, Research question, Causal mechanism, Title

• SEARCH Keywords; Synonyms; Databases (METHOD)• TABULATE Excel or other (METHOD)• SCREEN Inclusion/Exclusion criteria (METHOD)• APPRAISE Relevance (Analysis)• Categorize Categories and subcategories (ANALYSIS)• Synthesize Crosstabs, Graphics, Maps

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