aggregate_tasks: Combine (potentially overlapping) article sets generated by...

In revtools: Tools to Support Evidence Synthesis

Description

A common task in systematic review is to divide a dataset of articles located by a search (typically involving >1 databases) and distributing them amongst a team of reviewers for screening. This function takes a dataset divided using link{distribute_tasks} and recombines them into a single data.frame.

Usage

aggregate_tasks(file_names, match_column, selection_column, reviewer_names)

Arguments

file_names	a vector or list of file paths used to locate screened files. Must be in .csv format.
match_column	The name of the column used to match identical references. In revtools this is 'label', which is the default here.
selection_column	The name of the column used to store 'selection' data; i.e. which entries have been retained and which excluded. In revtools this is 'selected', which is the default here.
reviewer_names	Optional vector of names used to label the 'results' columns in the resulting data.frame.

Value

Returns a data.frame with one row per unique value of match_column, showing the content of selection_column for each reviewer.

See Also

distribute_tasks for the inverse problem of dividing a single dataset amongst many reviewers.

revtools documentation built on Jan. 8, 2020, 5:10 p.m.