Literature review
Assignment Objective:Upon completion of this assignment, the student will be able to:
- identify the main research components within articles pertaining to their research question.
Assignment 3:Using skills that you have gained thus far in the course, conduct a literature review of 12 original research (not review) articles pertaining to your research question and identify their main research components listed below:
- Research questions or the gap of knowledge
- Research type
- Null and alternative hypotheses 1- or 2-sided
- Aims of the study
- Variables
- Sampling methods (state the inclusion and exclusion criteria if specified)
- Research design
- Your personal thoughts about the article and the strength of the paper. For example, is the paper believable? Do you think it is a good paper? Was it published in a good journal? What is the impact of the article on science?
The literature review should include a minimum of twelve (12) articles. Break down the literature into sub-categories that will make the audience better understand your reasoning behind your study. The benefit of sub-headers is that it focuses the attention of readers early on the main point of the section, rather than letting them do it on their own and miss the point. So, from the get-go, the reader will know that the specific part he/she is reading will be talking about (e.g., biomarkers of cancer) and so will focus their mind on that specific subject. Some examples, brief anatomy/physiology of the disease, risk factors, assessment methods, treatments, surgical procedure, recent work covering (or lack of covering) the problem, etc. (This part should make up the bulk of your paper) (30 Pts). The literature review should tell a story leading to a gap of knowledge that can be answered by a specific research question.