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Evaluating the Validity of Systematic Reviews to Identify Empirically Supported Treatments

Center:

AZ-Institute for Human Development, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2012

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Product Description:

The best available evidence is one of the three basic inputs into evidencebased practice. This paper sets out a framework for evaluating the quality of systematic reviews that are intended to identify empirically supported interventions as a way of summarizing the best available evidence. The premise of this paper is that the process of reviewing research literature and deriving practical recommendations is an assessment process similar to the assessment process that we use to understand student performance and derive educational recommendations. Systematic reviews assess the quality and quantity of evidence related to a particular intervention and apply standards to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to justify an endorsement of the intervention as Âempirically supportedÂ. The concepts and methodological tools of measurement validity can be applied to the systematic review process to clarify their strengths and weaknesses.

Keyword(s):

validity, systematic reviews, evidence-based practice

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Professionals

Alternative Format:

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://wvupressonline.com/etc_special_offer

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