Analyze gaps in literature-suggestions for future research

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Homework: The Literature Review Components

Overview:

This Homework Forum will focus on the importance of a literature review and the key components that should be included.

Instructions:

1) Locate a primary scholarly research article that contains a well-elaborated literature review of prior studies. See PSY Tutorial-Searching Library Databases.

a) A primary research study is one that describes an actual study being conducted and includes the Methods and Results Section. Do not use a secondary research article that is not an actual study, but rather a literature review only.

2) Complete the chart below.

Introduction Checklist	Y/N	Comments
Criteria
BEGINNING:
First Sentence (general introduction).		Identify topic of study:
Area of Interest Defined/Explained		Give an example of a sentence further explaining area of interest:
MIDDLE:
Discuss Literature Results: Brief summarization of each result presented		Give an example of a result discussed:
Organization: Thematic Organization (by sub- topic, not article by article).		Identify themes used:
Organization: Logical organization of results Consistent results Inconsistent results		Give an example of two results that are consistent with each other:
		If mentioned, give an example of inconsistent results:
Analysis and synthesis across studies, "Taken together..."		A summary statement that describes the sum of the results:
END:
Summary and conclusion about the literature reviewed		Summary statement:
Analyze gaps in the literature/ Suggestions for future research		Example of a Gap: Example of future research:
Research question (or hypothesis) explicitly stated		Example of, "The aim of the present study....":
Brief mention of "how" the study will be done (methodology used to address the question)		Example of any brief methodology mentioned:

Reference no: EM133688771

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