2.2.7 Main Takeaways Literature Study

Course subject(s) Module 2. Phases & Methods of Scientific Research

  • Start with a well formulated research questions identifying your variables and their relationships Summary LitReview
  • Identify key databases dependent on your domain and where you found highlighted landmark publications
  • In the queries, use a variation of combinations of synonyms and different logic combinations. Also screen how many hits you get and look at developments of metadata
  • Build a classification system from the beginning, you can either work with a pre-made schema in later steps or also develop the schema iteratively, if you want to come to more valid results you need to work with inter-rater reliability measures.
  • Report your results from simple to more complex !
  • Follow a scheme like PRISMA.
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