PR 2...

Question 1

• Reports your critical review of the relevant
  literature
• Identifies a gap within the literature that your
  research will attempt to address

Answer 1

Literature

Question 2

LITERATURE REVIEW PROCESS

Answer 2

• Select a topic
• Select and choose literature
• Analyze and interpret literature
• Write the review

Question 3

Standard Format:

Answer 3

APA style

Question 4

• a discussion that draws on one or more sources
• Your ability to infer relationships among
  sources such as essays, articles, fiction and
  also non-written sources such as lectures,
  interviews and observations will be helpful in
  synthesizing information taken from your
  review of literature.
  ● refers to the bringing together of materials
  from different sources, and the creation of an
  integrated whole.

Answer 4

SYNTHESIS

Question 5

It helps the readers to understand a topic. Its
primary aim is to present the facts in a
reasonably objective manner.

Answer 5

EXPLANATORY SYNTHESIS

Question 6

Its purpose is for you to present your own
point of view with the support of relevant facts
drawn from services and presented in a logical
manner.

Answer 6

ARGUMENT SYNTHESIS

Question 7

CATEGORIES OF SOURCES
Fraenkel (2015)

Answer 7

1. Documents
2. Numerical Records
3. Oral Statements
4. Relics

Question 8

TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING A
SYNTHESIS

Answer 8

1. SUMMARY
2. EXAMPLE OR ILLUSTRATION
3. TWO (OR MORE) REASON
4. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

Question 9

you write one after the other the most relevant
information and sources you gathered.

Answer 9

SUMMARY

Question 10

a reference to a particularly illuminating
example or illustration that you have included
in your review

Answer 10

EXAMPLE OR ILLUSTRATION

Question 11

effective method by simply stating your thesis,
then give reasons why it is true.

Answer 11

TWO (OR MORE) REASON

Question 12

This will lead to examining two subjects or
data in terms of one another.

Answer 12

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

Question 13

SECTIONS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW

Answer 13

• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Question 14

• Often a single paragraph
• Introduces the general topic and provides an
  appropriate scholarly or societal context for
  the review
• Identifies the overall state-of-knowledge about
  the topic

Answer 14

Introduction

Question 15

• Address previous research on the topic,
  grouped according to theme, theoretical
  perspective, methodological approach, or
  chronological development.
• Draw together the significance of previous,
  individual studies by highlighting the main
  theme, issues, and knowledge gaps

Answer 15

Body

Question 16

• Often a single paragraph
• Provides a summary statement of the overall
  state of knowledge about the topic, including
  gaps in knowledge and understanding,
  reconnecting to your introduction
• Reinforces the research purpose or objectives,
  and establishes the potential significance or
  importance of your proposed research, relative
  to the current state of knowledge

Answer 16

Conclusion

Question 17

The specific or sub questions, called …, are to specify the scope and the
method in collecting and analyzing data, giving
you the right direction in your research.

Answer 17

Research Questions

Question 18

ask questions on the kind, qualifications, and
categories of the subjects or participants.

Answer 18

DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Question 19

are questions about the nature andmanner of
connection between or among variables.

Answer 19

RELATION QUESTIONS

Question 20

reasons behind the effects of the independent
variable on the dependent variable is the focus
of these types of research questions.

Answer 20

CAUSAL QUESTIONS

Question 21

Two approaches to quantitative research
questions:

Answer 21

1. DEDUCTIVE APPROACH
2. INDUCTIVE APPROACH

Question 22

● a concise description of the issues that need
to be addressed by the researcher.
● There should be a general statement of the
whole problem followed by the specific
questions or sub problems into which the
general problem is broken up.
● The problem statement is the researcher’s
guide during the research process. It is the
verbalization and articulation as well as the
analysis of the question in which the
researcher wants the research to answer

Answer 22

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Question 23

• The purpose of the … is
  to help the researcher to prove the relevance
  of his or her research question and to further
  develop his or her thesis.
• A description of the study’s context, which
  includes current information on the problem,
  current research on it, and the history that led
  to the development of the research question.
• It explains the rationale. It explains why you, as
  a researcher, are performing the research in
  the first place.

Answer 23

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY