The quality of systematic reviews of effectiveness in literacy learning in English: a ‘tertiary’review

Ref ID 216
First Author C. J. Torgerson
Journal JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN READING
Year Of Publishing 2007
URL https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-quality-of-systematic-reviews-of-effectiveness-in-literacy-learning-in-english(195c8cb6-6fda-493a-8a51-2be9bb9e1c2a)/export.html
Keywords Publication bias
Education
Problem(s) Poor consideration of publication bias
Number of systematic reviews included 14
Summary of Findings Six of the 14 included systematic reviews (43%) of literacy learning published between 1983 and 2003 did not make an assessment of publication bias.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No