M3-Selecting Related Literature

How should one select related literature?

• By identifying any literature that carries topics, variables and terms that are related to thechosen study.

• By choosing sources randomly without any evaluation process
• By selecting sources that are outdated and irrelevant to the research topic
• By only considering sources that align with personal beliefs, regardless of credibility

It is a process of compiling, classifying, and evaluating what other researchers or

authors have written on a certain topic.

• Data Collection

• Literature Review

• Research

• Sampling

It surveys scholarly articles, books, and other sources relevant to a particular area of

research.

• In-text Citation

• Literature Review

• Sampling

• Survey

What are the characteristics of a good literature review?

• Is up to date

• Covers all important relevant literature

• Delimits clearly the subject matter to be reviewed

• All of the above

It is a brief form of the reference that you include in the body of your work.

• APA

• In- text citation

• Literature Review

• MLA

It is committed when authors present the words, data, or ideas of others with the implication that they are their own, without attribution.

• In-text Citation

• Literature Review

• Plagiarism

• Survey

What is not a key point in performing a literature review?

• Include recent studies.

• List everything you read.

• Establish a solid theoretical background.

• Be selective, comprehensive, critical and current.

What should not be followed in writing a literature review?

• List everything you read.

• Compare and evaluate each item of literature.

• Provide topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs.

• Group research studies and other relevant literature according to a common theme.

How one should evaluate literature and related studies?

• Important connections to other topics

• Current deficiencies or mistakes and unresolved issues

• Controversies in the cited studies and how they have been resolved

• All of the above

Which of the following indicates the correct process of literature review?

• Write the Review, Select a Topic, Analyze and Interpret Literature, Select and

  Choose Literature

• Analyze and Interpret Literature, Choose Literature, Write the Review, Select

  and Choose Literature

• Select a Topic, Select and Choose Literature, Analyze and Interpret Literature, Write the Review

• Write the Review, Analyze and Interpret Literature, Select and Choose Literature, Select a Topic