Review of Related Literature Quiz

What is the first step in the literature review process?

• Define the research question or topic

• Skipping the literature review entirely

• Writing the conclusion first

• Conducting data analysis

What is the purpose of conducting a comprehensive search in the literature review process?

• To gather all relevant information and evidence on the topic.

• To gather irrelevant and outdated information

• To ignore all existing research

• To only focus on one source of information

What is the final step in the literature review process?

• Write a summary of the first article found

• Stop researching and start writing the paper

• Create a list of potential sources to review

• Synthesize and analyze the gathered information

What is the purpose of synthesizing the literature in the literature review process?

• To confuse the readers with conflicting information

• To ignore the existing research and knowledge

• To provide a biased and one-sided view of the topic

• To provide a comprehensive and cohesive understanding of the existing research and knowledge on a particular topic.

Why is it important to critically evaluate the literature in the literature review process?

• To intentionally use unreliable and irrelevant sources

• It is important to critically evaluate the literature to ensure the reliability, validity, and relevance of the sources used in the research.

• To save time and effort in the research process

• To blindly accept all sources without question

What is the main goal of the literature review process?

• To provide a narrow understanding of the topic by only focusing on a few sources

• To summarize the literature without evaluating its credibility

• To ignore existing literature and focus only on personal opinions

• The main goal of the literature review process is to identify, evaluate, and synthesize existing literature to provide a comprehensive understanding of a topic.

What should be included in the literature review process?

• Not citing any sources in the review

• Using only one source for the literature review

• Writing a summary without analyzing the information

• Identifying the research topic, searching for relevant sources, evaluating the quality of the sources, analyzing and synthesizing the information, and properly citing the sources.

What is the significance of the literature review process in research?

• The literature review process only adds unnecessary length to the research paper

• The literature review process is only important for academic purposes and has no real value in research

• The literature review process in research is significant because it helps to identify existing knowledge, gaps in the research, and provides a foundation for the study.

• The literature review process is insignificant and a waste of time in research

What is the role of the literature review process in identifying gaps in the research?

• Identifying gaps in the research is the responsibility of the researchers, not the literature review process.

• The role of the literature review process is to identify gaps in the research.

• The literature review process has no role in identifying gaps in the research.

• The literature review process only focuses on confirming existing research without identifying gaps.