About the Keywords and Synonyms
The keywords are basically extracted from the population, intervention, comparison and outcomes.
Every keyword must be related with one step of the PICOC. Please note, the context is related with the population.
After determining all relevant keywords, you should relate them if all their synonyms to make your search string broader.
Example: [1]
| Keyword | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| software (Population) | application |
| product | |
| Web | |
| WWW | |
| project | |
| development | |
| cross company (Intervention) | cross organisation |
| cross organization | |
| multiple-organizational | |
| multiple-organisational model | |
| within-organisation (Comparison) | within-organization |
| within-organizational | |
| within-organisational | |
| single company | |
| Accuracy (Outcome) | Mean Magnitude |
| Relative Error |
1. Kitchenham B (2007) Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering, Version 2.3, EBSE Technical Report EBSE-2007-01, Keele University and University of Durham