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Purpose of a literature review

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Purpose of a literature review

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- The foundation of your research study lies in your ability to tie it to your existing field. How you can link your research question to your study is based on how you can connect it to earlier research. This means you'll need to develop a literature review. A literature review is a narrative compilation of selected academic sources related to your topic. Lit reviews describe the research you have studied and develop in your reason for the study, as well as provide criticism of past research. The end result should be a narrative showing the inherent need for your research in the field. While serving as a section of your finished research, the literature review is also a helpful and important part of your research development. Grounding your intended research in the current movements of the field will provide you with evidence of trends on where the field is headed. It also offers you the snapshot of the methodologies used in those studies. You can see what questions are being asked…

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