Fill one block per study as you read. When the matrix is done, the patterns and gaps for your introduction are visible across the rows. Print with your browser's Print command; the site's menus are left off the paper.

Literature review matrix

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Study

Authors, year, journal
Country and setting

Sample

Who, how many, how recruited

Design and measures

Design
Instruments, with their reliability in this study

Findings

Main result with the effect size
Anything that did not replicate or was surprising

Quality

Strengths
Limitations (sample, measures, design, analysis)

For my study

How it supports or challenges my question
The gap it leaves

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