An Introduction to Qualitative Research Synthesis: Managing the Information Explosion in Social Science Research

By Claire H. Major, M. Savin-Baden. 2010

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Mixed methods research synthesis: definition, framework, and potential (2011, methodology): “, systematic review, integrative review, research synthesis, realist synthesis, qualitative review, narrative review, meta-analysis) are used to describe different variants of the methods and techniques developed to synthesize empirical evidence (Forbes and Griffiths 2002; Major and Savin-Baden 2010”
Understanding Qualitative Metasynthesis (2011, background): “Third, moving from knowledge generation to knowledge application has become even more complicated with a growing overload of information requiring new ways of managing and making sense of an explosion of research findings (Major & Savin-Baden, 2010).”
Use of content analysis to conduct knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews (2014, background): “Scholars suggest that the outcome of this is likely to be mechanistic aggregation rather than full integration, interpretation, and synthesis of findings (James, 2012; Lempert, 2007; Major and Savin-Baden, 2010; Paterson et al., 2001; Stern, 2007).”
Critical Appraisal of Mixed Methods Studies (2013, methodology): “The critical appraisal of articles to be included in a review is an essential step in the development of a methodologically sound review (Cooper, 2010; Khan, Riet, Popay, Nixon, & Kleijnen, 2001; Major & Savin-Baden, 2010; Whittemore & Knafl, 2005).”