There are several mistakes that may happen while writing an effective literature review. Here is a quick summary of the differences between a good and a bad literature review:
•A Good Literature Review is organized around a coherent set of questions.
•A Poor Literature Review without a clear focus.
•A Good Literature Review includes the major landmark or classic studies related to the research questions.
•A Poor Literature Review omits landmark or classic studies or mixes them with trivial studies (without making distinctions about quality or relevance).
•A Good Literature Review acknowledges the author’s biases as well as the limitations of the review process.
•A Poor Literature Review without acknowledging biases and limitations
•A Good Literature Review critically evaluates the quality of the research according to clear criteria.
•A Poor Literature Review simply summarizes research findings without critical evaluation.
•A Good Literature Review may use graphs, and/or tables to present and justify the critical analysis of the literature.
•A Poor Literature Review simply lists studies without presenting any critical analysis.
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