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    Dissertation: Tips and Strategies For Students in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Corwin Press Inc Research Project. SAGE Publication, Inc

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    The document discusses the goals of conducting a literature review which include determining what exists in scholarly literature, identifying possible gaps, informing the research topic and methodology, and comparing findings against existing studies. A literature review surveys scholarly sources on a topic and provides an overview of current knowledge and theories.

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    Part of the scientific writing element is to review research that has been conducted.

    Why do we do this? We do this to verify what has been done and on how problems
    were addressed. Based on your readings, web research, and experiences, what do
    you consider to be the 4 major goals of a literature review?
     
    A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an
    overview of current knowledge, allowing a researcher to identify relevant theories,
    methods, and gaps in the existing research.It summarizes both supporting and
    opposing ideas and refers to other scholars who have worked along the same
    general set of ideas. (Fred  & Bevely, 2008).On the other hand the review of
    literature involves previous work done by other scientist related to our work. These
    involves question like what has been done previously, what is the current status of
    the work and what is the future of the work. This also involve how our proposal is
    going to be different from others so that there is a comparative discussion between
    work done as well as proposed work. ( Bui, 2014, pp.25).
      Therefore, when conducting a literature review,there are certainly some common
    criteria to be aware of towards completion of a thesis or dissertation .These include:

     To determine what exists in the scholarly literature


     To identify possible gap(s) in the scholarly literature for further research
     To inform the research topic, theory (if applicable), and associated
    methodology
     To compare/contrast against findings resulting from the current study
    It is therefore, important to note that when conducting a research, its essential that
    we are aware of , and knowledge existing research in our chosen area. Most student
    researchers therefore, should spend most of their considerable amount of time
    reviewing the literature, first in order to identify possible gaps or ideas that can help
    to refine their own research and secondly, to examine relevant sources so as to
    become fully conversant with the literature. (Wilson, 2010, pp.67)
     
    References
    Fred C. Lunenberg & Bevely J. Irby.(2008). Writing a Successful Thesis or
    Dissertation: Tips and Strategies for Students in Social and Behavioral
    Sciences. Corwin Press Inc
     Wilson, J.(2010). Essentials of Business Research: A Guide to Doing Your
    Research Project. SAGE Publication, Inc
    Yvonne N. Bui (2014). How to Write a Master's Thesis. SAGE. Publications, Inc

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