Literature Review Matrix

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Research Methods Synthesis Matrix

Note: Your selected articles will not have ALL of the data, however you should complete these grid boxes as much as possible using the information provided in the peer-reviewed articles. This will help you critically evaluate and synthesize your findings. Developing your SUMMARY paragraph at the end of each section will provide the foundation for your Literature Review Paper..

Peer-Reviewed Primary Research Article #1

Peer-Reviewed Primary Research Article #2

Peer-Reviewed Primary Research Article #3

Peer-Reviewed Primary Research Article #4

Peer-Reviewed Primary Research Article #5

Article Citation

Wills, T. A., Knight, R., Williams, R. J., Pagano, I., & Sargent, J. D. (2015). Risk factors for exclusive e-cigarette use and dual e-cigarette use and tobacco use in adolescents. Pediatrics, 135(1), e43-e51.

Rooke, C., Cunningham-Burley, S., & Amos, A. (2016). Smokers’ and ex-smokers’ understanding of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study. Tobacco control, 25(e1), e60-e66.

Hiscock, R., Bauld, L., Amos, A., & Platt, S. (2012). Smoking and socioeconomic status in England: the rise of the never smoker and the disadvantaged smoker. Journal of Public Health34(3) 390-396.

Khuder, S., Price, J., Jordan, T., Khuder, S., & Silvestri, K. (2008). Cigarette smoking among adolescents in Northwest Ohio: correlates of prevalence and age at onset. International journal of environmental research and public health5(4), 278-289.

Hossain, A., Hossain, Q. Z., & Rahman, F. (2015). Factors influencing teenager to initiate smoking in South-west Bangladesh. Universal Journal of Public Health3(6), 241-250.

Week 3 Research Design

Experimental/RCT

Survey/Quasi- Experimental

Single Case Design

Qualitative Research

Participant Number (N)

Comments:

Summary Paragraph

Week 4 Data Collection Type

Questionnaires (Open ended, closed, Likert)

Interviews (In person, telephone, focus group)

Observation (Who are the observers; did they use an instrument?)

Measurement (Type of data collected: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) Was the tool shown to be valid & reliable? Test/retest data?

Comments:

Summary

Week 5 Descriptive Stats (About sample or outcome data)

How as data presented? (Pie chart, graph)

Any measures of central tendency? (Mean, median, mode)

Standard deviation (sd) or ranges of data presented?

Any correlation (relationship) of data? (r) value

Comments:

Summary Paragraph

Week 6 Data Analysis & Inference

Any probability data findings presented?

Any confidence intervals (CI) presented?

Hypothesis addressed? (Null or alternative hypothesis accepted?)

Any statistical software used? (SAS, SPSS, Strata)

Effect size used (if mentioned)?

Power Analysis done? (used to calculate number of subjects needed)

Qualitative data analysis (how data was collected, coded, software used)?

Comments:

Summary Paragraph

Week 7 Evaluation

Was hypothesis clear?

Was previous instrument reliability & validity provided or calculated on sample?

How were participants recruited? Were they compensated for participation?

Ethics: was the study approved by an IRB?

Do you see clinical significance (benefit) to this research?

Overall Comments: (Any Future research needed)

Overall Summary: