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Evidence Synthesis / Systematic Reviews

Due to current Executive Orders requiring the review of federal websites, including those maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services, some federal data sources and documents may be temporarily unavailable. If you’re unable to access content that was previously available on a federal website, we recommend checking Policy Commons (available via our A–Z Databases page) or the Internet Archive , which may have an archived copy of the original material.

Complete data extraction form for each included study. Minimum two researchers are needed for extraction.

Extract Data

  • Create a data extraction form to record information from each study based on your defined objectives
  • Pilot the form on a small set of articles before starting the extraction process.
  • At a minimum, you should have one person extract the data and another verify the extracted data. 

Top 5 Tips for Effective SR Data Extraction