Experiences conducting systematic reviews from novices' perspective

  • Authors:

  • Mehwish Riaz;Muhammad Sulayman;Norsaremah Salleh;Emilia Mendes

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Venue:
  • EASE'10 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A systematic review (SR) is a sound methodology for collecting evidence on a research topic of interest and establishing the context of future research. Unlike ordinary or even expert literature reviews, SRs are systematic thus increasing the confidence in the findings from the previous published literature. SRs can be carried out by both experienced and novice researchers; however, while expert researchers? experiences with conducting SRs are important for improving the SR body of knowledge, we believe that novice researchers? experiences are equally important to establish what distinct problems they face while carrying out SRs. With a prior knowledge of these issues, novice researchers can better plan their SRs and seek guidance from expert researchers.