Week2 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Types of literature review
Systematic literature review
Meta-analysis
Narrative literature review
How to organize sources
Mind map or a relevance tree
Academic literature
Exploring the theory
Professional literature
Exploring the practice
5 steps for a systematic literature search
- Build information pool
- Apply filters to reduce pool size
- Rough assessment of sources to reduce pool
- Analyze literature in pool
- Refine filters or stop search
Snowballing
Reference tracking (welke bronnen de schrijver heeft gebruikt voor dit stuk)
Citations tracking (mensen die de informatie van de bron later hebben gebruikt in hun papers).
Examples of professional literature
Reports and white papers
Professional journals
Newspapers
Social media (e.g. Blogs)
2 types of errors in literature review
Type 1 error (false positive): When you include articles that you shouldn’t have included.
Type 2 error (false negative): When you miss on articles that you should have included.
3 good quality indicators of literature
Relevance, Quality (source, bias) , Sufficiency
General signs of article/journal/professional literature quality
citations are high, method of gathering data is transparent, journal rating, author, alternative points of view language is calm and rational or attacking?
Critique of rhetoric
Part of the critical approach (for the use of literature)
assessing language and the validity of the argument.
Critique of tradition
Part of the critical approach (for the use of literature)
being skeptical of standard assumptions and views
Critique of authority
Part of the critical approach (for the use of literature)
questioning commonly used theories or expert opinions and searching for alternative explanations.
Critique of objectivity
recognizing potential bias and limitations in objectivity of sources and oneself while writing.
