One advantage of an integrative review of research is that:
a. emphasis is placed on what is not known.
b. multidisciplinary literature has been filtered out.
c. previous research findings have been synthesized.
d. statistical analyses of the summarized research are conducted.
ANS: C
The type of reasoning used during the integration of findings is synthesis. Synthesis involves compiling the findings from all of the selected studies and analyzing and interpreting clustered findings.
Emphasis is on what is known.
Often literature from other disciplines would be included in an integrative review.
If statistical analyses of the summarized research are conducted, that would be a meta-analysis and not necessarily part of an integrative review.
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