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Literature Review (Coding the literature (Claims, conclusions, and…
Literature Review
Coding the literature
Claims, conclusions, and findings about the constructs you are investigating
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Organise info
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Make a table in word and arrange the authors according to different ‘locations’. This is a good way of choosing which authors you can use to illustrate the dimensions of each debate. It’s easy to compare and contrast their ideas with each other because you have identified oppositions
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take all the references and lie them on the floor in order of their publishing date from left to right (or whichever way your culture prefers to do it). Skim read them all again in order – what do you notice?
identified the categories they can act as subheadings in your literature chapter. Simply make a list of which authors fit in which categories; don’t worry if some of them occupy multiple categories – they will just need mention them more than once! (Mind map)
You make a hierarchy by exerting critical judgment on each of your categories: is one school of thought or way of doing things described in the literature superior to the others? Is one idea more practical and useful than another idea – or more theoretically interesting and elegant? Why? If you have organised your information according to location and identified oppositions, you can use hierarchies to identify which side you are on in the various debates. As you write, you weave in the critical stance you have developed – but that’s a topic for another time.
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The literature is retrieved from relevant databases and other information sources and selected on the basis of the research topic
The principal purpose of a narrative review is to give the author and reader a comprehensive overview of the topic and highlight significant areas of research.
Narrative reviews can also help to identify gaps in the research field and help to refine and define research questions.
The categories/themes of literature to explore in your literature review come directly from the keywords of your research question