Literature Review
The literature review is two-fold and entails a discussion of the content of the literature that includes a critical analysis and synthesis of various sources. In this literature review, you explain the organization of the review, explain the strategy for researching the literature, include a brief summary of the frequencies, and provide percentages of peer-reviewed articles and articles published within the past five years of expected Chief Academic Officer (CAO) approval.
Synthesis enables the researcher to address deviations in existing research and reference contradictions that identify the need for your study. Focusing on individual studies may conclusively be used to drive an idea-based argument for your research; therefore, researchers should avoid summary of individual studies.
Critical analysis is useful, as analyzing strengths and weaknesses of recent studies in your field is necessary. Analyzing other field-related studies assists you to better comprehend and examine existing inconsistencies and debates. Analysis is an important component for justifying your proposed study’s methodological approach.
How We Assist You
The researcher writes the literature review, which entails an abundance of detailed information. You incorporate related findings for more than 75 studies, compiling content into one chapter, simultaneously making sure your focus remains on synthesis and critical analysis. Many researchers connect with Dee’tail Consulting to assist with their dissertation from the first step and others contact us from the literature review stage.
To further assist you with writing your literature review, your assigned editor assesses your thorough literature search, which is necessary to determine if new and/or additional research is needed. Upon reviewing, your editor offers recommendations.
For the next step, we assist you to determine themes and sub-themes considering your research gap and using your study’s foundational elements: problem statement, purpose statement, research questions, and methodology as the guide.
During this stage, we also offer drafting revisions and referencing support.
In the literature review, all information is presented in past tense, considering you are discussing past published work.
