- Meta-Analysis
- Combines data from multiple different research.
- A statistical process that combines the findings from individual studies.
- Systematic Review
- A summary of the clinical literature;
- A critical assessment and evaluation of all research studies that address a
particular clinical issue
- Uses an organized method of locating, assembling, and evaluating a
body of literature using a set of specific criteria
- Literature Review
- Evaluation and discussion on the literature
- Purpose for writing a literaturereview
- Demonstrates your knowledge about a particular field
- Informs you of the influential researchers
- Position your own research clearly in the academic literature
- What is a literature review
- A survey of scholarly sources that provides an overview of a particular topic.
- Are a collection of the most relevant and significant publications regarding
that topic in order to provide a comprehensive look at what has been said on
the topic and by whom.
- Basic components:
- Description of the publication
- Summary of the publication’s main points
- Discussion of gaps in research
- Evaluation of the publication’s contribution to the topic
- Annotated Bibliography vs. Literature Review
Annotated Bibliography Literature Review
- Overview of the topic - A list of references with a summary
- Expansion of how publications differ of the content and the publication’s
from one another relationship to your research
- Examination of how each publication question.
contributes to the discussion and
understanding of the topic.
- Where do you start?
- What is the aim that guides the research?
- How will this research expand on the current knowledge?
- Why is this research important?
- Research Topics
- Define your goal.
- Define your main topic.
, - Data collection - Search for relevant lit
- Prepare a plan for:
- Collecting data
- Where will I get this info from?
- Limit your search to scholarly or peer-reviewed
- Analysing data
- What are reliable sources?
- Presenting data
- Search for literature using keywords and citations
- Create a list of keywords related to your research topic
- MeSH terms
- Are labels attached to articles
- Are best used in combination with your own key terms
- What is a Peer Reviewed Article?
- Goal is to assess the quality of articles.
- Editor forwards the article to experts in the field.
- These experts evaluate the quality of the manuscript.
- Analyze the article
- Read the abstract
- Is the article relevant?
- Impact factor
- High citation count?
- What question or problem is the author addressing?
- Does the research support or contradict their aims?
- Is their method robust?
How to structure the literature Review?
- Introduction
- Provide a Historical Background
- Method Used
- Subjects/ Headings
- Results
- Discussion - Analysis and Interpretation
- Conclusion
- Reference list
- Abstract
Tips
- Simple present tense should be used
- References should be selected carefully
- Avoid confounding expressions
- Construct clear sentences
- First general, then subject-specific info should be given.
- Finally, your aim should be clearly explained.
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