Across
- 5. analysis of the theoretical underpinnings on which the studies are grounded
- 6. reviewers use a common metric for combining evidence statistically
- 7. theory borrowed from another discipline
- 11. study based on theory
- 12. conceptualizations of the target phenomenon under study
- 13. tendency for published studies to overrepresent statistically significant findings
- 14. less formal means of organizing phenomena than theories
- 16. graphs the estimated effect size for each study together with the 95% CI around each estimate
- 21. thoroughly describes a phenomenon
- 22. paradigm that involves a critique of society and societal processes and structures
- 23. preliminary review of research findings designed to refine the questions and protocols for a systematic review
- 24. original research investigations
- 25. describe and explain large segments of the human experience
Down
- 1. suggest that cultural conditions and adaptation stem from mental activity and ideas
- 2. preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- 3. most prominent theoretical system in grounded theory
- 4. humans were viewed as biophysical adaptive systems who cope with environmental change through the process of adaptation
- 8. provides a framework for understanding people's behavior and its psychological determinants
- 9. predicting the average effect size based on possible explanatory factors
- 10. can lay a good foundation for a metasynthesis
- 15. overall conceptual underpinnings of a study
- 17. refers to an abstract generalization that explains how phenomena are interrelated
- 18. study of the methodologic rigor of the studies included in the metasynthesis
- 19. methodically integrates research evidence about a specific research question using careful sampling and data collection procedures that are spelled out in advance in a protocol
- 20. studies with a more limited distribution