For IEEE Xplore, csv file containing the search result can be downloaded directly:
If build the initial candidate list from multiple data sources, deduplication is required.
The final csv file must have the following fields as first row (except for ``label''):
Save csv file as ``Windows Comma Separated (csv)'' (Suggested)
Put it into MAR/workspace/data/ folder
Use MAR to exclude irrelevant studies
A: Select the input candidate study list from MAR/workspace/data/ directory.
B: Randomly select 10 candidate studies for review.
C: Read through the title and abstract (perhaps also click on the title and read the full text) of the candidate study.
D: Decide whether this study should be coded as Relevant or Irrelevant and click the Submit button.
E: Click the Next button and the codes are saved. Another 10 candidate studies will be selected for review.
F: The review status will change every time new studies are coded by reviewer and the Next button is hit. The status is shown in the format ``Documents Coded: Number of relevant studies found / Number of studies reviewed (\Total number of candidate studies).''
G: Once ONE ``relevant'' study is coded, Random sampling can be changed to Certainty sampling, as FASTREAD suggests.
H: Figure can be plotted by clicking the Plot button or checking Auto Plot. The generated figure can also be found in the MAR/src/static/image/ directory. The new figure will overwrite any old one.
I: Once finished, coded studies can be exported into a CSV file in the MAR/workspace/coded/ directory, in the following format:
Note that the Restart button (J) is only for testing and discards all codes.
Overall Instruction on SLR
Guidelines for performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering
A good example of SLR paper: A systematic literature review on fault prediction performance in software engineering
Primary Study Selection
Retrieve initial candidate list
For IEEE Xplore, csv file containing the search result can be downloaded directly:
If build the initial candidate list from multiple data sources, deduplication is required.
The final csv file must have the following fields as first row (except for ``label''):
Save csv file as ``Windows Comma Separated (csv)'' (Suggested)
Put it into MAR/workspace/data/ folder
Use MAR to exclude irrelevant studies
Note that the Restart button (J) is only for testing and discards all codes.