Literature Review
A Literature review is an analysis of existing scholarly research and literature on a specific topic, providing an overview of the current knowledge, gaps, and research trends.
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Literature reviews provide a systematic and rigorous examination of the existing literature, enabling researchers to assess the strengths and weaknesses of previous studies, identify research gaps, and propose novel research directions. They also contribute to the development of knowledge in a particular field by summarizing and evaluating the current state of research |
- Narrative review: A descriptive and subjective summary of the literature on a specific topic.
- Systematic review: A structured and rigorous examination of the literature on a specific topic.
- Meta-analysis: Combines data from multiple independent studies and uses statistical methods to analyze the data and derive overall
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