NRS 490 Topic 6 Assignment: Literature Review

NRS 490 Topic 6 Assignment: Literature Review

(NRS 490 Topic 6 Assignment)

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone change proposal project, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

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A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Statement Paper and Literature Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following sections:

1. Title page
2. Introduction section
3. A comparison of research questions
4. …. sample populations
5. A comparison of the limitations of the study
6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research
   

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

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The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

 

 

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Developing a Literature Review

Introduction

A literature review is a description of a specific body of scholarly research that you want your paper to include. A literature review can be used for two different purposes:

Writing your literature review

• Start with an introduction.

• Define the problem, if it wasn’t obvious from reading the research or literature review. This will help you stay focused on what exactly you want to write about in your paper.

• Outline the literature review in bullet points (or as many as possible). Don’t worry about formatting or anything like that yet – just make sure there are enough points to keep it interesting and informative, but not so many that they make it too overwhelming/confusing for readers!

• Summarize each summary point by writing a few sentences explaining why it’s important and how other pieces of information relates to this particular topic area (e.g., “The main finding was…”). You could also give examples of how previous studies have helped shape our understanding of this topic area; again though—don’t go overboard here! Just leave room for some extra detail if necessary later on down the line when writing up your conclusions section!

Defining the purpose of your literature review

The purpose of your literature review is to explain what you have learned from the research and provide a summary of the results. You need to define your literature review clearly so that it can be understood by readers.

You should state clearly what your purpose is, who will be reading it, and how long they should read for (e.g., two pages). It’s also important to include an outline of what exactly makes up each section in order for readers who don’t know much about this topic yet still want answers about it!

For example: “I am writing this paper because I want people who are interested in learning more about my topic(s) before attending college classes.”

Isolating variables to be explored

The next step is to determine the variables and outcomes you want to explore. This will help you identify which questions are most important, as well as what type of information should be collected from each variable.

It’s important that you define each variable clearly before beginning your literature review. Defining variables helps keep them organized in your mind so that when it comes time for data collection, everything makes sense!

Assessing the quality and usefulness of resources

After reading the literature review, you should be able to answer these questions:

• Is the resource relevant to my research?

• Is this resource higher quality than other resources?

• Does this resource have any value for my project?

Creating a framework for your literature review

To begin, you should define the problem before starting on a solution. It is important to set goals for yourself and focus on what you want to achieve, but don’t worry about what other people’s goals are. You can be ambitious and set out for the world record of running 100 miles within 6 months; however, this may not be realistic if you have never run before or haven’t exercised regularly in your life. Instead of focusing so much on setting an impossible goal that doesn’t fit within your life circumstances, try setting smaller milestones that are achievable if certain things happen (e.g., improving from 5 days per week activity level). The point here is simply not worrying about how far away everything seems right now—it’s okay if something takes longer than expected!

Here are some insights on how to do a lit review.

Here are some insights on how to do a lit review.

• The purpose of a literature review is to provide a summary of the research that has been done on a topic. This can include studies, dissertations and articles published in journals or newspapers.

• A literature review should be written using formal language and appropriate terminology; it is not intended for publication but rather for internal use by researchers in your field who need a quick overview of what has been done so far on your topic (and may want more details later).

Conclusion

We hope you found this article helpful. If you have any questions about how to do a literature review, please leave them in the comments section below!