What is the scientific benefit of writing a review of sources in Master's and Doctoral thesis? Is it just to see the work of other researchers or to cite and enhance your research work?
While the form of the literature review may vary with different types of studies, the basic purposes, and benefits of writing it remains constant:
• Provide a context for the research
• Justify the research
• Ensure the research hasn't been done before (or that it is not just a "replication study")
• Show where the research fits into the existing body of knowledge
• Enable the researcher to learn from previous theory on the subject
• Illustrate how the subject has been studied previously
• Highlight flaws in previous research
• Outline gaps in previous research
• Show that the work is adding to the understanding and knowledge of the field
• Help refine, refocus or even change the topic
(adapted from http://www.library.cqu.edu.au/tutorials/litreviewpages/)
While the form of the literature review may vary with different types of studies, the basic purposes, and benefits of writing it remains constant:
• Provide a context for the research
• Justify the research
• Ensure the research hasn't been done before (or that it is not just a "replication study")
• Show where the research fits into the existing body of knowledge
• Enable the researcher to learn from previous theory on the subject
• Illustrate how the subject has been studied previously
• Highlight flaws in previous research
• Outline gaps in previous research
• Show that the work is adding to the understanding and knowledge of the field
• Help refine, refocus or even change the topic
(adapted from http://www.library.cqu.edu.au/tutorials/litreviewpages/)
Review of related literature in a thesis aids in:
1. Offering strong theoretical framework for the research while positioning it theoretically in the field of inquiry
2. It is the only way to expose and justify the academic vacuum or research gaps that warrant the undertaking of the research.
3. Shows the relevance of the study
These comments are very interesting. Maybe I will continue with my creative writing fir my PhD about insomnia.
In a thesis, a comprehensive review of works done on the subject selected for the study and the lacunae in the subjects are presented as a chapter. After going through the review, one should get answer to the question: “What was the level of knowledge on the chosen topic just before the experiment?”
Present the findings of various authors interconnecting them with your observations. In a thesis, the review is meant to present not only up-to-date knowledge of the field but also the intellectual ability of the student to synthesize and put together information from different sources. Proper guidance from the research guide is necessary to have a good review of literature.
In a review, include only those works, which are relevant to the problem investigated. For some topics, you may find numerous references, and it is impossible to review all of them. You then chose the most relevant and the latest ones. On the contrary, for certain topics, there may not be many references directly relevant to the study. In such cases, you have to search sources of information on related topics. Remember that it is not the number of references that matters but their relevance.
It is an occasion to learn or to apply critical thinking, also to meet new research results and theoretical approaches.
The depth of scientific review shows the degree of involvement of the applicant in the problem. It also shows what was done before the author. This part is present in any scientific work: an article, theses, monographs, etc.
The review is important because: It enhances our research study. It describes how the proposed research is related to prior research in statistics. It also shows the originality and relevance of the research problem.
There is a new imprint in a PhD that may be an uncommon idea while a master is less than that
Interesting question. It’s very important to do in depth search regarding MSc or PhD thesis to be aware about the relevant problem (s) inside out and if the anyone else have tackled it and in which aspects
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