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TABLE 7.4: A Quality Checklist for a Quantitative Systematic Review
(Taken from Kitchenham, B. A., Mendes E.& Travassos G. H. (2007)).
Reproduced with permission.
Criteria
Part I
1. Is the data analysis process appropriate?
1.1 Was the data investigated to identify outliers and to assess distribu-
tional properties before analysis? Yes(0.5)/No(0)
1.2 Was the result of the investigation used appropriately to transform the
data and select appropriate data points? Yes(0.5)//No(0)
2. Did studies carry out a sensitivity or residual analysis?
2.1 Were the resulting estimation models subject to sensitivity or residual
analysis? Yes(0.5)/No(0) ...