Lecture 5. For students ................
- 1. Program: Master of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Molecular Diagnostics) Course: Research Methods I: Building a Proposal Lecture 5: Writing a Proposal: (Introduction vs Literature review)
- 3. What is an introduction? • An introduction may be many different things, depending on the type of writing you are doing / the type of proposal you are building. • In our proposal template —the introduction does three things: • Research problem background • Research question • Rationale
- 4. What is the purpose of an introduction? • The main purpose of the introduction is to provide the necessary background or context for your research problem.
- 6. What is a literature review? Literature = a collection of published information/materials on a particular area of research or topic (books and journal articles..etc) Review = formal assessment of something (include: summary, analysis, evaluation) “A type of academic writing that provides an overview of existing knowledge in a particular field of research”
- 7. What is the purpose of a literature review? Summarize and analyze previous research and theories; Identify areas of controversy and contested claims; Highlight any gaps that may exist in research to date.
- 8. Literature review process 1. Select the literature 2. Anlyse and synthesize 3. Develop your argumant
- 9. 1. Select the literature Relevance and importance A common mistake is to include everything you have read regardless of its relevance or importance. YOU HAVE TO BE SELECTIVE View (Wide, medium or narrow)
- 10. 2. Anlyse and synthesize Analysisi = breakdown Synthesis = connecting/ linkink “Whereas analysis involves systematically breaking down the relevant literature into its constituent parts, synthesis is the act of making connections between those parts identified in the analysis” (Bloomberg & Volpe, 2012)
- 11. 3. Develop your argument Argument is bulit through claims supported by evidence !