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Systematic review of rst-year success
data extraction, the reference lists of the articles were screened for possible articles that we missed during the database search. One relevant article that was not yet included was found. A er full text screening, this article met the inclusion criteria. us, a total of 38 articles were included in this review. Figure 3.2 shows the owchart of the selection process and Table 3.1 the reasons for article exclusion.
Searches through ERIC, PsychINFO, Web of Science and SocIndex: 978 hits
After title and abstract screening: 133 studies
Excluded: 19 du pl ic a t es
After deduplication: 114 studies
Excluded: 77 studies
Included after reference screening: 1 study
After full text screening: 38 articles
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Figure 3.2 Flowchart of the paper selection process
3.3.4 Data extraction
We developed an extraction table (or coding scheme) in which the following descriptive and analytical data were collected from each included article: general information (authors, title, year, journal, country); research question(s); aim(s) of the study; theoretical framework (e.g., theories on which the research was based); educational level (university, professional, or both); sample size; degree programme (e.g., economics, or several programmes from ve universities); design of the study and type of analysis; outcome variables; independent variables; main results; and, if applicable, possible relevant other results.
3.3.5 Data synthesis
As discussed above, our theoretical and analytical framework was based on an input-throughput-output model (see Figure 3.1), in which we integrated nine categories of student success predictors. As a rst step in synthesising our data, we
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