3 September Flashcards
What is the purpose of a critical literature review?
indicate what is known and not known about your research questions – what is significant to your research?
What are the different types of literature review?
- Integrative – use various frameworks and perspectives – critique and analyse
- Historical – describe evolution of research/knowledge on topic
- Theoretical – examine body of theory – establish lack of appropriate theories or reveal that current theories are inadequate
- Methodological – research approaches, strategies, data collection techniques or analysis procedures used by others
- Systematic – comprehensive pre-planned strategy for locating, critically appraising, analyzing and synthesizing existing research
Identify and briefly describe step 1 of the literature review process.
– identify and retrieve literature
• Base review primarily on primary sources but also take note of secondary sources
• Make sure to learn how to access the right information and good quality sources
What are the 3 steps of the retrieval process (step 1)?
- Use keywords and phrases
- Skim and screen
- Get and print documents
How should one keep detailed records of your search activities?
- Track key words and combinations used
- Track each source (bibliography[alphabetically])
- Library call number
- Classify sources by relevance to topic and research problem (v important, mod important, mild important)
What does CRAAP stand for and give brief description for each point.
- Currency – timeliness of information
- Relevance – importance of information for your needs
- Authority – source of information
- Accuracy – reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of content
- Purpose – reason the information exists
Expand upon Currency in the CRAAP test.
- When information published?
- Has it been updated?
- Is it current for your topic?
- Are links functional?
Expand upon Relevance in the CRAAP test.
- Does information relate to your topic?
- Who is the intended audience?
- Is it of an appropriate level?
Expand upon Authority in the CRAAP test.
- Who is the author?
- Are authors credentials given?
- Author qualified?
- Contact info?
Expand upon Accuracy in the CRAAP test.
- Where does info come from?
- Is it supported by evidence?
- Has it been reviewed?
- Emotion free language
- Spelling errors
Expand upon Purpose in the CRAAP test.
- What is purpose of info?
- Fact? Opinion? Propaganda?
- Objective?
- Political, ideological biases?
Identify and briefly describe step 2 of the literature review process.
Step 2 - review and analyse literature
• Critically assess each piece of literature to analyse its content
• Analysis – systematically break down something into its constituent parts and describe how they relate to each other
• Analysis lays foundation for critique
• Critique – identify strengths and key contributions, as well as deficiencies, omissions, inaccuracies or inconsistencies
What are the two main stages of analysis
- Stage 1 – skim and read
* Stage 2 – highlight and extract key elements
Identify and briefly describe step 3 of the literature review process.
Step 3 – synthesis
Post analysis formation and structuring of clear and coherent arguments using own thoughts.
Iterative and recursive process and need to have good argumentative writing skills.
What are some guidelines for writing with regards to step 3?
- Don’t need to include everything you have read
- Present key perspectives from other authors on the issues and the critique
- Site correctly
- Limit use of direct quotations
- Revise, revise, revise
- Use academic style without becoming convoluted
