Literature Review: The Process
What is a literature review a survey of?
The literature review is a written synthesis of the literature arranged around what?
What are themes from your critical perspective?
What is a structure that supports research by providing a framework for understanding data and relationships between ideas?
What is a theoretical framework?
What is one characteristic of a theory?
1. It is logical and coherent, it has clear definitions of terms or variables, and has boundary conditions
2. It has clearly described relationships among variables, it describes, explains, and makes specific predictions.
The theoretical framework facilitates the understanding of what?
What are concepts and variables according to given definitions?
Name the first step involved in writing a literature review.
What is search for relevant literature?
What percentage of reviewed work is included in the product?
What is 15 to 20%?
Name a way in which a theoretical framework can be presented.
What is a diagram, model, table, or narrative?
A good social science theory is valuable because it fulfills one primary purpose. What is that purpose?
A good social science theory is valuable because it fulfills one primary purpose. What is that purpose?
The theoretical framework also builds new knowledge by doing what?
What is validating or challenging theoretical assumptions?
What are the five key steps in writing a literature review?
What are search for relevant literature, evaluate sources, identify themes, debates and gaps, outline the structure, and write your literature review?
According to Ridley (2008), what does the literature review identify?
What are theories and previous research which influenced your choice of research topic and the methodology you are choosing to adopt?
According to the USC (2025), what does a theoretical framework consist of?
What are concepts and, together with their definitions and reference to relevant scholarly literature, existing theory that is used for your particular study?
What does the theoretical framework connect the researcher to?
What is existing knowledge?
A theoretical framework is used to limit the scope of what?
What is the relevant data?
In an academic paper, is the literature review the process or the product?
What is the product?
The product is a coherent argument that leads to a proposed study written from what?
What is your perspective?
According to Maxwell (2005), what does the theoretical framework explain?
What theories support your research, showing that your work is grounded in established ideas?
What does articulating the theoretical assumptions of a research study force you to address?
A theoretical framework provides a means for identifying and defining what?
What are research problems?
If you are writing a dissertation or thesis, approximately how many articles should you expect to review?
What is 1,000 to 2,000?
In the literature review, where do you position yourself?
What is among other sources?
What are the elements of a theoretical framework?
What are research objectives, variables, literature, theories, key concepts, relevant theories, and research fit?
What does the theoretical framework add context around?
A theoretical framework provides members of a professional discipline with a common what?
What are language and a frame of reference for defining the boundaries of their profession?