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CEGR 492 · Chapter 2 — Literature Review

Search Strategy

Structural framing of a pedestrian bridge: members, connections and the load path a designer must trace.

Research Search Strategy Studio

Turn your Phase II problem into concepts, keywords, Boolean strings and a reproducible search log.

Research Search Strategy Studio

Turn your Phase II problem into concepts, keywords, Boolean strings and a reproducible search log.

Learning objectives

  • Decompose a problem statement into searchable concepts
  • Build keyword families including synonyms and code terms
  • Write Boolean search strings and log every search

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Probability and Statistics

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  • How does screening yield relate to a conditional probability?
  • What sample of literature is adequate to characterize a design practice?
  • Which bias appears when only English-language sources are retained?

A defensible search strategy starts by decomposing your problem into concepts, building a keyword family for each one, then combining them with Boolean logic and logging every search so screening is reproducible.

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