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Assignment - Causes of Civil War Questions
A. Begin the literature review by establishing your question and its importance. This should take a paragraph or two.
B. Then provide a thesis about the research on that question. This could take the form of an answer to the question suggested by the research, a claim that the research can be divided into several categories (each with its own approach to the question), or that the research to date has been inadequate (if so, you should provide an idea -- or several -- for better researching the question near the end of your literature review). This should not take more than a paragraph, and the thesis itself should be a single sentence.
C. Now establish your thesis through a review of each piece of the literature - its dependent variable, its theoretical approach (answer) to the question, its research design, its statistical methods, and your interpretation of the statistical results (which may well differ from the author's own interpretations). Conclude your discussion of each piece of literature by examining the weaknesses of the author's approach and what knowledge we gain from the study (if any).
D. Conclude by comparing the literature you've just reviewed, taking care to provide the necessary warrants that connect the studies to your thesis. Suggest a path for future researchers to follow.
E. Write an abstract describing the thesis and main findings of your review. It should be about 100-200 words. Either place it at the bottom of your title page, or insert it on its own page between the title page and main text of the paper