Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research

@inproceedings{Light1984SummingUT,
  title={Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research},
  author={Richard J. Light and David B. Pillemer},
  year={1984}
}
1. Introduction 2. Organizing a Reviewing Strategy 3. Quantitative Procedures 4. Numbers and Narrative: The Division of Labor 5. What We Have Learned 6. A Checklist for Evaluating Reviews Reference Index 
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