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Guidelines
Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Introduce the subject area and explain the research topic.
State your research question(s) or research objective(s).
This is also the place for mentioning the scope and limitations
of your study. It is difficult to write a good introduction
before completing the literature review, which provides perspective
and quotes to highlight the importance of the topic you have
selected. You might wish to write the introduction and the
literature review at the same time. Explain the terminology
that you use. Keep the introduction short and focused.
Review
of the Literature
The literature review is a major part of your research and
deserves serious attention. Initially, the literature review
will help you to select and focus on a topic, and will show
you what has been published on that topic so that you do not
duplicate someone else's work. Conduct a thorough literature
search before designing your methodology and collecting your
data.
The
literature review should provide context and clarify the relationship
between your topic and previous work in that area. When writing
the literature review, present major themes, theories, and
ideas that have been published in the area, and the findings
of related studies. A thematic approach under section headings
will help to focus the review and provide structure to this
chapter.
Conclude
the review of the literature with a short section that describes
your topic, highlighting why it is important to address the
problem you have
investigated.
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