CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Convergent Validity, Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Epiphenomenon
18 Jan 2017
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Crim 2653 lecture 09 - causality, reliability, and validity. Literature review is a systematic summary, synthesis, classification and comparison of scientific knowledge published on a topic. It specifies the problem, issue, event or behaviour under question: the goal is to synthesize theory, themes and trends, summarizes, compares and evaluates key research findings on a subject. It illustrates how prior research has led to the development of your research objectives and design identifiable over previous research. How the question relates to your research and how it will help achieve your goals so you should add another layer of analysis i. e. comparison, debate, etc. , this hook is to get readers to better understand don"t entirely summarize, synthesize as well. Helps the writer to focus their work -- helps to focus on specific theories or concepts, variables, etc. depending on what your research question is because you can"t write about everything. Literature review encompass multiple forms of reviews: historical, theoretical, methodological, contextual.
