Literature Review

DR. ROSECLAREMATH A. CARORO

Professor

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 What is a Literature Review?

Survey of important articles, books and other sources

pertaining to your research topic

Summary of the main studies and research related to

your topic

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 What is a Literature Review?

Helps to contextualize, or frame, your research

Give readers the necessary background to understand

your research

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 Evaluating other studies

… not merely summarize the research

findings that others have reported

… also evaluate and comment on each

study's worth and validity

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 Evaluating other studies

If it runs counter to your

hypothesis, you may want to
critique it in your review

Tell how your research will be

better/overcome the flaws

Doing this can strengthen the

rationale for conducting your
research

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 Selecting studies to be included
in the review

You do not need to

report on every
published study in
Choose those
the area of your
studies which are
research topic.
most relevant and
most important.

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 Organizing the review

In making your selection, keep your

research question in mind

create a list of one-

problem -> cause ->
paragraph summaries by topic
solution effect
in chronological order

grouping grouping
by argument
according to according to
and counter
variable of the research
argument
subjects method

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