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Chapter 3
Critically reviewing the literature
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Secondary
Tertiary
Detailed in Tables 3.1 and 3.2 Saunders et al. (2009)
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And
Discuss these with a tutor (if possible)
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Define the scope of your review Assess relevance and value Assess sufficiency
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Record
Biographic details Brief summary of content
Supplementary information
Sharp et al. (2002)
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Bibliographic details (Table 3.6) Brief summary Supplementary information (Table 3.7)
Saunders et al. (2009)
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Plagiarism
Four common forms
Stealing material from another source
Submitting material written by another Copying material without quotation marks Paraphrasing material without documentation
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Summary: Chapter 3
The critical literature review Sets the research in context
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Summary: Chapter 3
A literature search requires Three main categories of sources Clearly defined research questions and objectives Defined parameters Use of techniques ( brainstorming and relevance trees)
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