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Effective Literature Review Strategies

This presentation will cover bibliographic and internet research, search strategies, evaluating sources, and forming hypotheses in research. It explains different types of sources (tertiary, secondary, and primary) and the importance of peer review. It also discusses using the internet as a research source, search strategies, library research, reading research effectively, and hypothesis testing. Learn how to refine your searches, evaluate information, and formulate hypotheses with statistical inference. Discover the best practices for conducting research and testing hypotheses successfully.

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Effective Literature Review Strategies

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  1. Slides to accompany Weathington, Cunningham & Pittenger (2010), Chapter 6: Reviewing the Literature and Forming Hypotheses

  2. Objectives • Bibliographic research • Internet research • Search strategies • Reading research • Statistical inference and testing hypotheses

  3. Types of Sources • Tertiary • General, nontechnical review • Textbooks, news articles, encyclopedias • Secondary • Comprehensive reviews, still general • Books, lit. reviews (some better than others)

  4. Types of Sources • Primary • Original research, specific • Research journals, conference proceedings • The importance of peer review • Filtering and improving research before it is shared widely

  5. The Internet as a Source • Amazing access • Often questionable credibility/validity • Limitations: • No peer-review • Often no clear authorship • Date? • Orientation of source

  6. The Internet as a Source • Keep records of the source • Follow APA guidelines • Check author credentials and affiliations • Check for last-updated date information • Consider keeping a copy of the page for future reference (electronic or print) • Avoid relying solely on web-based sources

  7. Search Strategies • Follow your “nose” (and interests) • Start general, then focus in • Tertiary  primary • Keep a running list of your search terms/ words/phrases • Keep a list of relevant researchers’ names • Discuss ideas with others

  8. Library Research • Your school’s library • PsycInfo, World of Science • Library catalogue • Let the online fields work for you • Be open to related subjects/keywords • Forward citations

  9. Reading Research • May take more than one attempt • Not always linear • Practice, practice -- your searching abilities will improve as you do more searching • Keep reading and seeking, reading and seeking…

  10. Hypotheses & Statistical Inference • Information gathered from a successful literature search can help us to generate hypotheses • Researchers set hypotheses before performing statistical tests to protect against their own biases

  11. Null & Alternative Hypotheses • Ho is the statement of what we seek to disprove when we do a study • H1 or HA reflects the focus of the study • If our evidence is not strong enough to reject H0we retain it • If our evidence does suggest something other than H0then we accept our H1

  12. Beginning Hypothesis Testing • State Ho and H1 • Before collecting or examining the data • Identify appropriate statistical test(s) • Based on hypotheses • Often multiple approaches are possible • Depends on how well data meet the assumptions of specific statistical tests

  13. What is Next? • **instructor to provide details

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