Peer-reviewed Systematic review Simulation/modelling People What do these mean?
Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts.
Systematic review: This type of study is a structured approach to reviewing all the evidence to answer a specific question. It can include a meta-analysis which is a statistical method of combining the data from multiple studies to get an overall result.
Simulation/modelling: This type of study uses a computer simulation or mathematical model to predict an outcome. The original values put into the model may have come from real-world measurements (eg: past spread of a disease used to model its future spread).
People: This is a study based on research using people.