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Review of Related Literature

Meaning

Literature review is a comprehensive summary of previous research on a topic. The literature review surveys scholarly articles, books, dissertations, conference proceedings and other resources which are relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory and provides context for a dissertation by identifying past research.

It should give a theoretical base for the research and helps to determine the nature of the research. It involves the systematic identification, location and analysis of documents containing information related to the research problem. The term is also used to describe the written component of a research plan or report that discusses the reviewed documents.

Fig No.1 Literature Review

A literature review is usually written as a part of postgraduate thesis proposal or at the beginning of a dissertation. It gives an overview of the area of study: what has already been said on the topic: who the key writers are, what the prevailing theories are and hypotheses are; what questions are being asked; and what methodologies are appropriate and useful.

Definition

"The review of the literature provides the background and context for the research problem. It should establish the need for the research and indicate that the writer is knowledgeable about the area." (Wiersma, 1995)

It shares with the reader the results of other studies that are closely related to the study being reported. (Fraenkel & Wallen, 1990)

"The selection of available documents and the effective evaluation of these documents in relation to the research being proposed.” (Hart, 2003)

Fig no.2 Review of Related Literature

Purpose

· To gain an understanding of the existing research and debates relevant to a particular problem.

· Prevents you from unintentionally duplicating another person's research.

· It provides the conceptual or theoretical framework of the planned research.

· It helps the investigator understand his topic or research better.

· Helps to discover the research methods applicable to your work.

· It gives the researcher a feeling of confidence.

· It provides information, findings and conclusions of past investigations.

· See what has and has not been investigated.

· Identify new ways to interpret and shed light on any gaps in previous research.

· Identify data sources other researchers have used.

· Identify potential relationship between concepts and to identify searchable hypothesis.

· It helps to who develop research investigation tools and to improve research methodologies.

Characteristics

« The surveyed material must be as recent as possible.

Figure no:3 Literature Review

« Materials reviewed must be objective and unbiased.

« Materials surveyed must be relevant to the study.

« Surveyed material must have been based upon genuinely original and true facts or data to make them valid and reliable.

« Reviewed material must not be few or too many.

« It should have a clear logical structure.

Table 1

Advantages and Disadvantages of RRL

Advantages	Disadvantages
Literature reviews encourages deep learning and provide an efficient way to assess students on their knowledge.	Sometimes, students may not have access to certain information.
Literature reviews assess different cognitive levels.	Students may spend unnecessary time and resources on searching for the review.
Literature reviews give a conceptual framework for research or project planning, which gives the students a clear idea of what has already been done in the field. This helps them to build up new research topics on the basis of existing literature.		It is time consuming for the Teachers to correct and provide feedback.
With proper supervision and practices from graduate attributes such as project management it and lifelong learning can be learnt and assessed.		Literature reviews require good supervision from teachers particularly for students who are inexperienced in this type of assessment.
Time and cost efficient to look for resources.
Enhances analytical skills through identifying differences in previous work and their work.