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  MARKED ASSIGNMENT 2 FEEDBACK COMMENTS USING ASSIGNMENT 2 MARKING RUBRIC

Research Question 2 (2%)

The RQ is Included with formatting and is suitably focused and structured. It is worthwhile for a critical literature review

 

Database and search strategy as per templates 7 (11%):

You have included a sufficient number of databases with justification. You have included some required search terms/MeSH, database thesauri compatible terms and free text/Boolean operators, wildcards & truncations/Use of search period etc. There is scope for some more clarity in your explanation. 

The table is correctly labelled with the title above the table There are some minor amendments you can make to improve the accuracy of your search strategy and the transparency/reproducibility of the method.

Definition & justification of inclusion criteria 2 (4%)

You have included study designs aligned with your criteria, the nature/type of intervention/outcome (where applicable), participants and settings, and publication type and language. But your explanation and justification are a little confusing.

Explanation and rationale for the first cull, based on titles/abstracts 1.5 (3%)

Some room for improving the explanation/rationale of the number of duplicates, and number of articles rejected

Explanation and rationale of a second cull 1.5 (3%)

Some room for improving the explanation/rationale of the number of excluded papers. The excluded studies are grouped by reason for exclusion. But you need to provide some examples of what has been excluded.

Modified PRISMA flow diagram 3 (3%)

You have included a correctly labelled, logical, clear, and accurate diagram.

Writing, structure, format 1 (2%), and APA 7th edition referencing 1  (2%)

You have met the word limit, with clear, succinct and grammatically correct writing  based on APA 7th format (with only minor errors). You have made good use of all three templates. All needed citations are included and all references are based on APA 7th format but there are some unnecessary citations. You could also provide more details about the articles you excluded.

· Please make sure to thoroughly read assessment 2 feedback and incorporate it into assessment 3. It is difficult to increase grades from one assessment to the next if the marker feedback is not attended to.