Writing a literature review The overall purpose of a literature review is to demonstrate a knowledge of the existing body of research in a particular topic area. In other words‚ it retrospectively undertakes a critical analysis of the pros and cons of existing important studies and research and shows which issues require new or further study – how the body of knowledge could be improved. As such‚ it is a useful way of arguing for new research to be done - for example‚ as part of a proposal for
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Abstract The primary role of literature review in a quantitative research study to gain information on the subject of your research question and identify unbiased and valid studies connected with your research question. For instance‚ my quantitative research question is “all other factors being equal‚ do high school students reading popular fiction achieve better Language Arts test scores than high school students reading curriculum-required fiction?” My hypothesis is that high school students
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LITERATURE REVIEW 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to describe the concepts of sustainability and the important roles that institutions of higher education play in this arena. The literature review is important as it sets the context for the research and provides framework for the methodology. The general topics to be covered include: defining sustainability‚ an analysis of sustainability‚ the role that sustainability plays in higher education‚ environmental literacy‚ citizen
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE Research works in working capital management gives us an outstanding view about the exploration of the topic in different dimensions by different authors. The authors have emphasized that working capital management has to be effectively utilized for generating funds from sales. They have examined the efficiency of working capital management in different aspects. Chakra borty P K. (2004) Stated that the conventional method of measuring liquidity
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Review of Literature Nancy D. Guerrero Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion March 31‚ 2013 Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization ’s (WHO) 2005 as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants‚ and thereby improve their health.” Health Promotion is focused on bringing awareness to the public in order to prevent an increase in disease. Health promotion can also give the individual the tools
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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THAILAND ITS LITERATURE THAI LITERATURE ◦The earliest literature of the Thai people was written in Chinese until the 13th century‚ then in Sanskrit and Pali from India. ◦Thai literature was traditionally heavily influenced by Indian culture from the 13th century. Thailand’s national epic is a version of the Ramayana called theRamakien. ◦The most important poet in Thai literature was Sunthorn Phu‚ who is best known for his romantic adventure story Phra Aphai Mani and for nine travel pieces called Nirats
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Assessment Task #1 Literature Review Write-Up This literature review concerns the texts ‘Introduction’ from Rabelais and His World by Mikahail Bakhtin and ‘Some Psychodynamics of Orality’ from Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong. Mikhail Bakhtin was born in Orel‚ Russia on November 17 1895. He was associated with the Russian formalists‚ and this text was not well received when first written. He claimed that Rabelais’ a French writer during the renaissance‚ book was misinterpreted‚ but his dissection
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EXAMPLES OF LITERATURE MAPS Refer to Creswell Figure 2.1 Literature Map - Security Architecture Literature Map Topic Classification Literature citation Project Management Industry Trends Project Management Terminology Keil M.‚ Ra A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P.‚ (2003) Project Management Institute PMBOK (2000) Ross M.‚ (2005) Project Escalation and Abandonment Factors Keil M.‚ Rai A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P‚ (2003) Pan G. S. C.‚ (2005)‚ Leadership and Vision Christenson
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Review of Literature The Concept of Universal Banks and Status of Philippine Banking System Based from the Republic Act No. 8791‚ “Banks” shall refer to entities in the lending of funds obtained in the form of deposits. One of the classified banks is universal banks. In accordance with Zafar (2012)‚ universal bank‚ in a general perception‚ is a financial institution offering commercial as well as investment banking services which also include services related to savings‚ loans and investments.
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