Reflection Of Writing: Research And Review On Related Studies

Cruz, Rochell Marie R,

BSBA FTM 4-2

Writing Chapter 2

In order for you as a researcher be called a researcher, you just have to research and review about related literature. This is vital because this is where you can get your ideas and somehow can improve your study. It is very important because this will serves you as a guide in making your research.

The purpose of the study should suggest some theoretical framework to be explained further in this chapter. The literature review thus describes and analyzes previous research on the topic. This chapter, however, should not merely string together what other researchers have found. Rather, you should discuss and analyze the body of knowledge with the ultimate goal of determining what is known

Common sense should prevail. Often, to provide a history of the research, it is necessary to cite studies older than 5 years. The object is to acquaint the reader with existing studies relative to the gap in the knowledge and describe who has done the work, when and where the research was completed, and what approaches were used for the methodology, instrumentation, statistical analyses, or all of these subjects (Diether,

In some format, you must label your unpublished material with local or foreign. Foreign studies are unpublished material that came from other countries and the local studies came from the same country where you live. In the Related Literature part you must get your data and information from any books, magazines, and newspapers. Like on related studies, you must also label your published material with local or foreign. Local literature is published on same country where you live and the foreign is published outside of your country (Xen,2011).

Classically, the Review of Literature should be written prior to Chapter 1 as it will ensure original research after all possible similar studies have been investigated, but inexperienced advisors allow students to set up all the details of Chapter 1 after only a very preliminary review of the literature. If the student finds a large body of literature about the subject of the dissertation, the chances are high that the subject of the dissertation has already been studied (Hades, 2012).

The Review of Literature ends with a Conclusion that clearly states that, based on the review of the literature, the gap in the knowledge that is the subject of the study has not been studied (Campbell, 2014). Remember that a “summary” is different from a “conclusion.” A Summary, the final main section, introduces