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• Research paper

  • Has 5 chapters
  • Chapter 2 is the review of related literature
• Review of related literature


  Gives an overview of all the writings relative to a specific topic
• Selecting the right sources for the literature review is very important in producing a quality research paper
• Review of related literature

  1. Collecting

  2. Selecting

  3. Reading books, journals, reports, abstracts, and other reference materials
• Information collected in the review of related literature

  • Background knowledge about the problem and associated ideas
  • Theories that give details of the presence of the problem and certain variables that are connected to the problem
  • Data that prove the occurrence and gravity of the problem
  • Detailed and broad results of related studies
  • Gaps and recommendations for additional study specified in related studies
• Significance and rationale of related literature and studies

  • Find out the similarities and differences between the past and present studies
  • Get ideas into the critical and controversial aspects of the problem
  • Helps recognize and define a research problem
  • Gives the researcher a background analysis aspect, which has been studied
  • Guides the researcher on what to do regarding the mechanism of the research methods
  • Provides the thoughts to advance the study until its conclusion
  • Avoids redundant duplication of a study
  • Enriches background knowledge on the research topic