Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Clan Maclean, Literature Review
20 Apr 2018
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Reviewing the scholarly literature and planning a study. Literature review: systematic examination of previously published studies on a research question, issue, or method that a researcher undertakes and integrates together to prepare for conducting a study or to bring together and summarize the (cid:498)state of the field(cid:499) Citation: details of a scholarly journal articles location that help people find it quickly used in bibliographies and referencing. Meta-analysis: a quantitative overview of existing evidence on a particular topic. How to conduct a systematic lit review: define and refine a topic, design a search strategy, locate research reports, taking notes (content file, potential file and have file) Upside: easy, fast, cheap, doesn"t close, more info avail.
