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Research Methodology
Review Questions
What is a literature review and its importance in a research paper?
Write down the characteristics of a well written literature review.
Discuss the different types of literature review?
According to the article by Boell et. al. "A hermeneutic approach for conducting literature reviews and literature searches", what are the differ types of cycles involved in literature review process?
Critical assessment is an important of the literature review. Discuss what a researcher needs to consider while doing critical assessment?
What is the difference between primary literature and secondary literature?
Discuss the role of sorting and selecting during literature review search and acquisition circle?
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What are the key points a researcher needs to consider while writing the summary of the literature?
What are the different sources of literature review?
Practical Questions
While searching for the right sources for your literature review process, you can very quickly come up with a huge pile of papers, each of which may seem to point you in a different direction. You might feel confused and irritated by all of this and wonder how to make any sense of it. At this point, getting organised is vital. There is no one right way of doing it, but here are some suggested ways that you can follow to organise your literature.
Synthesis Matrix: A literature review requires a synthesis of different subtopics to come to a greater understanding of the state of knowledge on a larger issue. One way that seems particularly helpful in organizing literature reviews is the synthesis matrix. The synthesis matrix is a chart that allows a researcher to sort and categorize the different arguments presented on an issue. Across the top of the chart are the spaces to record sources, and along the side of the chart are the spaces to record the main points of argument on the topic at hand (NC State University, 2006)
Thus, Creating a synthesis matrix will help you record the main points of each information source and document how they relate to each other.
The moodle shell for this week contains a document entitled ‘Writing A Literature Review and Using a Synthesis Matrix' (this was created by the NC State University Writing and Speaking Tutorial Service Tutors 2006)
Read the above document thoroughly and create your own (on your research topic) Synthesis Matrix in the table below (as in the document). Insert more rows in the table as required.
While writing the literature review you often do the paraphrasing (using your own words to restate the central idea put forth by another author). Paraphrasing is usually preferred over direct quotations because it demonstrates that you understand the ideas
The following quote is taken from the textbook Business Driven Information Systems written by Paige Baltzan, Amy Phillips, Kathy Lynch, and Peter Blakey, published in 2010, page 258, published by McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW, Australia. (You can use VIT citations referring style guides)
What in-text reference should appear at the end of this quote?
Write down the matching item for the Reference list
Paraphrase the quote keeping the author's meaning but using different words.
Give an appropriate title to the given paragraph.
Search and read 5 valid sources source (a book or a journal article) related to your research topic and then do the following:
Paraphrase the quote keeping the author's meaning, but using different words.
What in-text reference should appear at the end of this copied quote?
Write down the matching item for the Reference list