Literature review notes.
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Literature review method design.
When designing method on literature review remember following:
- Add simple exclusion criteria. For example:
- exclude if paper is not in language reviewer speaks
- exclude if paper is not in readable state unless source really requires it
- exclude if no access to the paper
- Mark always where citation is found.
- When searhing database write down search term.
- Test database search ability before hand. Write down this was done.
- Does database limit number of keywords?
- Can categorization be used to narrow down the seatch?
- Does database have maximum number of retuned records?
- Can results be downloaded to file?
- Gather authors, journals, and years between found results to get idea if one of them dominates.
- Perhaps make inclusion levels. For example:
- data avaible on these studies, data not avaible for others.
- Randomize sampling of the studies vs. read everything.
- Snowballing with maximum depth vs. snowball until notting is added.
How to read a paper.
In first reading do not read in the written order. Following order is design to make it clear if paper doesn't have relevent information. You don't need to go through every step to stop reading.
- Read the title.
- Read keywords.
- Read the abstract.
- What questions does paper propose?
- What was the answers to questions paper proposes?
- What researchers suggest?
- Read the conclusions.
- What is you expect to be explained?
- Read tables and figures.
- Read the introduction.
- Read results.
- Read discussion.
- Read the expriments in detail.
- Is methodology logical?
- What controls do reseachers lack? How much lack of them effect the conclusion?
- Can it reach to conclusion reseacher claims?
Questions to consider:
- Taking notes to seperate paper vs to edges of the paper?
- How to remember notes later?