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reaserch methology

BSc Economics 7th Semester

Critical literature review techniques

Critical review depend the source of reading a person read if you a person
red and write according to specific research questions and objectives. the
breadth of different piece of work mean how wide is subject matter discussed
your question and objective
1. the depth how detailed is the analysis of the subject matter discussed
2. the relevance how much focus of the subject matter piece of work
cover
3. gaps in the forms of relevant questions that do not appear to have
been tackled by the author you read
4. contradiction and inconsistencies both in single piece of work

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The previous suggestions may be helpful in obtaining the lower passlevel grades in assessed work, but the award of higher grades
demands the application of more complicated forms of criticism. These
are, in the main, associated with the identification of logical flaws in
the literature you are reviewing. Subsequently you will need to display
the ability to:
recognize unstated and invalid assumption and arguments
differ facts from hypothesis
differ facts from opinion
differ an argument conclusion from the statement that support it
recognize what kind of evidence is relevant for validation of an
argument
recognize how much evidence are needed to support conclusion
differ relevant and irrelevant statement and evidence
identify logical fallacies

Illustrative example following types of criticism

1. flawed understanding of a phenomena
2. challenge to a statement of facts
3. excessively narrow subject focus
4. poor data collection methods
5. omission of potentially relevant information
6. lack of evidence to support conclusion
7. lack of current data
8. challenge to the validity of the conclusions
9. exaggerated and unsubstantiated claims
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insufficient detail
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challenge to the generalizability of the conclusion
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possible confusion between correlation and causation