Critical Appraisal Checklists
Critical Appraisal Checklists
Guide to assessing risk of bias from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Systematic review appraisal
- ROBIS: Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews
- AMSTAR: Shea et al. Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
General checklist
- Kmet, L. M., Lee, R. C., Cook, L. S., & Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. (2004). Standard quality assessment criteria for evaluating primary research papers from a variety of fields. Edmonton, Alta: Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
Education
- Koufogiannakis, Denise and Booth, Andrew and Brettle, Alison. ReLIANT: Reader’s guide to the Literature on Interventions Addressing the Need for education and Training., 2006
Environment
OHAT Risk of Bias Rating Tool for Human and Animal Studies
Nutrition
Strength of Evidence guides
- GRADE: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
- MAGIC: app to help develop and publish guidelines
- Assessing the certainty of evidence
- USDA/Nutrition: levels of evidence
Books About Review Methods
An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by Call Number: Q180.A1 G68 2017Publication Date: 2017Focused on actively using systematic review as method, An Introduction to Systematic Reviews provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing. Stressing the importance of precision and accuracy, this practical text carefully balances a need for insightful theory with real-world pragmatism. The Second Edition features a new chapter on statistical synthesis and introduces a wide range of cutting-edge approaches to research synthesis, including text mining, living reviews, and new ideas in mixed methods reviews, such as qualitative comparative analysis. Packed with examples from across the social sciences, this book helps students and researchers alike in turning systematic reviews into recommendations for policy and practice. Available with Perusall--an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
