HDFS 2004W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Current Literature, Scientific Literature, Literature Review
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Ex. lack of funding for the arts. The best solution to choosing a research topic is to identify a research problem. A problem someone would like to investigate. A situation that needs to be changed or addressed. 50 million scholarly articles published since beginning of time, or, 1665 (jinha, 2010) To propose new ways of thinking about a subject. To highlight flaws in the current literature. Empirical means experience on data derived from observation or experiment. Empirical research articles are published in scholarly, peer-reviewed (or refereed) journals. Help reduce bias and to make sure it"s accurate information. Most scholarly (peer-reviewed, refereed) journal articles are preceded by an. Abstract , which gives you a short synopsis of the article"s content. Most empirical research articles include the following five components: This section will provide the need and rationale of this particular. Reviews the literature that supports (or contradicts) the research question: method.