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LECTURE 2
Why do we need a LR
Refine research ideas
Gain insights on your topic/RQ
Place your own research within existing body of knowledge, show where its novel
Types of LR
Systematic: stand alone paper
Meta-Analysis
Narrative: inform research and show gaps in existing knowledge
Academic Literature
Exploration of theory
Conference and Working papers (WIP)
fastest to appear
quality not guaranteed
short
"latest" news
not easy to access
Articles in academic journals
journals vary in rating (quality)
delay between data collection and publication
free to access
Academic books
compilation of academic articles
wide range of authors
quality varies
Theses and dissertations
quality varies
great source of references
good for topic overview
novel
Systematic literature search: funnel process reduces pool of literature to keep relevant sources. Used for narrative LR
Snowballing
Backwards: Reference tracking
Forward: Citations tracking
Professional Literature
Exploration of practice
Reports and white papers
biased
quality varies
Professional journals
latest developments
biased
quality varies
used to get up-to-date
Newspapers
latest developments
particular audience
biased
Social media (blogs)
biased
expertise level varies
Professional books
specific audience
particular angle on topic
quality varies
Research Errors
Type 1
False positive
Including articles that should not be included
Restrictive terms
Type 2
False negative
Missing out on relevant articles because you are too restrictive
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What is relevant and good literature?
Relevance
Quality
Sufficiency
How to evaluate and interpret claims that a paper makes?
Exploratory (descriptive)
How large/frequent/important
Theory-building
How concepts relate to each other/mechanisms
Theory-testing
regression coefficient, correlation coefficient
Decision science
optimal decision
Critical LR
Being Critical
Critique of rhetoric
How valid and complete is the argumentation
Critique of tradition
About ways of doing things. Standard statements, assumptions
Critique of authority
About a theory or people
Critique of objectivity
Constantly supporting a pov