Lesson 16.3: The Literature Review

Question 1

• background materials
• overview of published literature (ex: journals, books, relevant material.)

Answer 1

Literature review

Question 2

Purposes of literature review:

Answer 2

1. Define and limit the topic.
2. Relate and place current research
   or study within the existing
   literature.

Question 3

Stages of the literature review:

Answer 3

1. Formulation of the problem.
2. Search for related literature.
3. Evaluation of data.
4. Analysis and interpretation.