literature review (1)

1. When starting literature review what is the first step?

• a. Identifying the research question

• b. Finding articles

• c. Planning the study

• d. Finding websites

Which of the following sentences in not true about the purpose of doing literature review?

• a. to learn about the existing information about a given topic

• b. to better formulate the research question

• c. to critically analyse the concept being studied

• d. to provide a summary of what has been written about a given topic

Which of the following is not a good research question?

• a. What can be done to help the homeless find permanent shelters?

• b. What are the effects of online social networking on children?

• c. What can be done to make video games less harmful?

• d. Is there a relationship between length of sleep and obesity?

Which of the following approaches to reading do you think is not useful in literature review?

• a. Memorizing

• b. Evaluating

• c. Comparing

• d. Arguing

Where do you start when conducting literature review?

• a. Scanning the source

• b. Skimming the source

• c. Analysing the information

• d. Critiquing the information

If you believe you will use the information from a source, what should you do?

• a. Make note of the information I think I will use.

• b. Add the information about the book to my reference list.

• c. Write my comments about the information next to my notes.

• d. All of the above

1. Which is most probably not a suitable source to use in an academic literature review?

• a. Book

• b. Reference book

• c. Journal article

• d. Online article

Is this a good academic research topic? "What is the role of advertising in the world?"

• a. No. It is too broad.

• b. No It is too narrow

• c. Yes. It is a good research topic.

• d. No. It is leading.

1. Which of the following is not plagiarism?

• a. Translating a source and using it without mentioning the source

• b. Using an image found on the Internet without mentioning the source

• c. Using common knowledge with out mentioning the source

• d. Summarising someone's work without mentioning the source

Which of the following is not true about index of a book?

• a. Index is organised alphabetically.

• b. Page number is provided in the index list.

• c. It is provided at the beginning of a book.

• d. It is helpful to use index of a book when looking for books to review.