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Doing A Literature Review
Doing A Literature Review
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* In drafting this overview, I have incorpo- researchers who want to supplement the informa- 4. Paul Pitman first suggested to me this
rated some points made by Paul Pitman in a tion in this essay conduct their own search for phrasing and the reasoning behind it, for which I
lecture delivered to students at the Naval Post- web pages on doing a literature review. thank him.
graduate School. I have also incorporated some 2. The one exception I have found is John- 5. For example, many political science mate-
suggestions contained in a handout prepared by son and Reynolds ~2004, ch. 5!. rials of this sort are available through Political
John Odell for students in the School of Inter- 3. For an introduction to Bayesian statistics, Research Online ~PROL!; this includes papers
national Relations at the University of Southern see Wonnacott and Wonnacott ~1985, 75–79 and presented at Annual Meetings of the American
California. 515–75!. For a discussion of the relevance of Political Science Association ~APSA!. See
1. In Internet searches, however, I have found Bayesian reasoning in qualitative research, see www.politicalscience.org.
several good items. Given the mutability of the McKeown ~1999, 179–83!. 6. This is the first suggestion on a short
Internet, rather than list URLs here, I suggest that handout created by John Odell. It’s a good place
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