Literature Review

Research Proposal: Step 2 Literature Review

Throughout this course, you will plan and propose a qualitative research design of your choice, which may (or may not) involve an area of interest for your doctoral dissertation. You will select a research topic, generate researchable questions, review relevant literature, describe participant selection procedures, identify data collection methods, address potential ethical problems, and describe limitations of your research proposal. This assignment is the second step toward completing your final research proposal in Week 6. Drawing on your topic area and problem statement from Step 1, develop a 5-6 page literature review using between 5-7 scholarly resources, including mostly research studies related to your topic. Information should be drawn from appropriate sources, such as professional journals, books, and dissertations. Your sources should include at least two dissertations. Writing a literature review requires not only summarizing individual studies, but also involves an examination or evaluation of studies in relation to the topic or research area. Some common purposes of literature reviews include: identifying and outlining relevant and existing knowledge on a topic; identifying gaps in research; evaluating and synthesizing information available in line with your own research topic; justifying a rationale for your own research; and evaluating current research. In this preliminary literature review, provide the following:

What, in general, is already known about the research problem that you selected? Cite other studies and scholarly resources in synthesizing and summarizing what is known.

What is not known related to your research problem?

Your literature review should justify your study—is there a hole in what is known that you can fill with your study? Make a case for why conducting your proposed study would answer a problem that is not already well understood.

Information should be drawn from appropriate sources, such as professional journals, books, and dissertations. Information gathered from sources must be appropriately cited, following APA guidelines

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