Deck 5: Reviewing Related Research Literature

Question 1

An example of a well-developed search topic for ERIC is ______.

A) "one measured with multiple data collection tools"
B) "teachers' assessment practices"
C) "multiple types of data"
D) "teach and assess"

Answer 1

D

Question 2

How should educational researchers approach a literature review?

A) The researchers should conduct the review of literature.
B) They should hire someone to conduct the review of literature.
C) The researchers are not the sole leaders of educational research studies they conduct.
D) They should allow a student assistant to conduct the literature review.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The instruments used to collect data ______.

A) should be included in summaries of literature
B) should have been used in at least one other research study
C) should result in strong scores
D) should be set forth by the community

Answer 3

A

Question 4

One of the best ways to learn how to write a literature review is to ______.

A) read literature reviews
B) practice at the outset of the study
C) read literature reviews at the proposal stage
D) try yourself until you succeed

Question 5

Examining the literature can help the researcher ______.

A) avoid building on previous studies
B) narrow the research topic
C) prove a study's results
D) emulate previous research

Question 6

Which of the following is recommended for summarizing studies for the literature review?

A) familiarize yourself with the process
B) determine what information about each study is needed
C) stress the aspects related to your study
D) state hypotheses in directional and nondirectional form

Question 7

When we say we are concerned with ______, it means that the literature should be rigorously, ethically, and comprehensively read and reviewed.

A) subjectivity
B) objectivity
C) originality
D) ethics

Question 8

Examples of a literature review's characteristics include ______.

A) the quality of sources
B) stress or embarrassment
C) the researcher's interests
D) the IRB's evaluation

Question 9

What is a literature review?

A) a non-comprehension examination of related writings on the topic of study
B) a review of popular culture writings on a given topic before academic study begins
C) a comprehensive examination of information and knowledge base related to a given topic
D) a review of the research the researcher himself or herself has already written on the topic

Question 10

Which of the following are typically included on the citation page?

A) authors of the study
B) all faculty members and students involved
C) other participating individuals
D) IRB approval numbers

Question 11

What should literature reviews emphasize?

A) the individual becoming an independent researcher
B) the findings of previous studies
C) details of working with human participants
D) how to become proficient in identifying confounding variables

Question 12

Some distinct features of Google Scholar enable you to ______.

A) review and judge research methodologies
B) explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
C) gain free access to all databases
D) protect human participants in studies

Question 13

Your literature review should focus predominantly on ______ sources of research information.

A) tertiary
B) printed
C) secondary
D) primary

Question 14

Johnson (2008) states that at least ______ sources are often required for master-level candidates, while ______ sources or more are required for doctoral candidates.

A) 20; 45
B) 25; 40
C) 50; 25
D) 25; 50

Question 15

In the 1960s, the ERIC database was instituted because ______.

A) we needed more cohesive educational research studies
B) research is often conducted in conjunction with colleges or universities
C) the number of research studies multiplied
D) a clearinghouse database was needed

Question 16

The two types of sources for review are ______.

A) reports and white papers
B) journal articles and books
C) primary and secondary
D) professional and nonprofessional

Question 17

A(n) ______ research study is based on the collection of original data.

A) empirical
B) preliminary
C) experimental
D) initial

Question 18

What should summaries of research include?

A) codes and regulations of research
B) the variables and methodology
C) information about the participants consent forms
D) how the study is separate from research that came before

Question 19

What does it mean when something is "peer reviewed?"

A) The study was reviewed and approved by students.
B) The study was reviewed and approved by faculty/professional researchers.
C) The study was reviewed and approved by the government.
D) The study was reviewed and approved by the public.

Question 20

The purpose of conducting research studies ______.

A) pertains to the researcher
B) is a critical component of research design
C) is to learn new things about a given topic
D) does not apply to educational research

Question 21

Summaries, compilations, or interpretations conducted by other individuals are examples of ______.

A) open sources
B) primary sources
C) secondary sources
D) closed sources

Question 22

A(n) ______ is an article that has been reviewed by a group of experts who have provided feedback and deemed it worthy of publication, presentation, or another form of dissemination.

A) expository
B) literature review
C) expose
D) refereed manuscript

Question 23

In the ERIC database, documents having an identification number preceded by the letters "EJ" indicate that ______.

A) the document was published in an academic journal
B) the document was published in a popular press journal
C) the document will likely be located only in your library's microfiche stacks
D) the document was published in a location other than an academic journal

Question 24

Google Scholar will return citations from a wide variety of document types, including ______.

A) court opinions
B) magazines
C) media releases
D) blogs

Question 25

Although there are numerous electronic databases for locating primary sources of educational research information, the ______ database is arguably the most commonly used among education researchers.

A) ProQuest
B) Academic Search
C) ERIC
D) Library of Congress

Question 26

There are currently more than ______ journals indexed in the ERIC database.

A) 65
B) 650
C) 6,500
D) 65,000

Question 27

The most effective method for either narrowing or broadening a search is the use of ______.

A) simpler terms
B) more complex terms
C) Boolean operators
D) varying spellings

Question 28

Summarizing your literature review in a few ______ paragraphs is highly beneficial to readers.

A) introductory
B) centrally located
C) abstract
D) concluding

Question 29

When summarizing articles, the emphasis should be on ______.

A) the findings of previous research studies
B) the organization and subheadings
C) the year in which the article was published
D) the length

Question 30

______ is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education.

A) ERIC
B) Google Scholar
C) ProQuest
D) Lexus Nexus

Question 31

ERIC, ProQuest, and Google Scholar are specialized databases that are typically used to locate ______.

A) open sources
B) primary sources
C) secondary sources
D) closed sources

Question 32

Google Scholar's "Cite" link provides the correct citation for documents that can be imported into one of several reference citation software programs, such as ______.

A) APA
B) MLA
C) RefWorks
D) ERIC

Question 33

In the ERIC database, documents having an identification number preceded by the letters "ED" indicate that ______.

A) the document was published in an academic journal
B) the document is only available in digital form
C) the document will likely be located only in your library's microfiche stacks
D) the document was published in a location other than an academic journal

Question 34

Using the word(s) "______" between keywords will result in a narrower search.

A) as well as
B) but
C) and
D) or

Question 35

Literature reviews should be as objective as possible, presenting ______.

A) all sides of a body of research
B) only certain aspects of a body of research
C) information deemed important by the researcher
D) information not directly related to the body of research

Question 36

Using the word(s) "______" between keywords will result in a broader search.

A) as well as
B) but
C) and
D) or

Question 37

A(n) ______ is a helpful organizational tool for beginning to write a literature review.

A) research plan
B) methodology
C) research proposal
D) outline

Question 38

Empirical research studies are based on the collection of ______ data.

A) secondary
B) original
C) historical
D) popular press

Question 39

It should be a primary goal to convey which of the following pieces of information in your literature review?

A) future recommendations
B) how theory has informed practice, and vice versa
C) the number of participants in your study
D) how you will be collecting data

Question 40

______ are firsthand accounts of original research, and ______ are not firsthand accounts and do not consist of original research.

A) Secondary sources; primary sources
B) Primary sources; secondary sources
C) required sources; suggested sources
D) suggested sources; key sources

Question 41

An indication you have done a reasonably good job of reviewing literature on your topic includes ______.

A) having 5-10 resources
B) when you no longer see the same articles and the same authors cited across all the literature you are reviewing
C) when you begin to recognize the major contributors in the field
D) when you have searched the ERIC database

Question 42

When you find a published article or report, there is no need to consider whether it has been well researched.

Question 43

Knowing what research has been conducted serves many functions for the researcher.

Question 44

The primary goal of the literature review is to convey research trends.

Question 45

You should include everything you find in your literature review.

Question 46

Although your literature review should focus predominantly on primary sources of research information, secondary sources are a good place to begin your search for related literature.

Question 47

The worth of a research topic is directly proportional to the amount of literature available on that topic.

Question 48

Google Scholar is minimal-charge database.

Question 49

Different individuals organize information differently and emphasize different aspects in the literature review.

Question 50

There is typically only one way to organize topics in the literature review.

Question 51

Conducting a comprehensive review of the literature on any given topic does not enable you to become more of an expert in the area you are proposing to study.

Question 52

Because all research studies are important, the dates of the sources used are irrelevant.

Question 53

Generally speaking, a literature review is a comprehensive examination of the information and knowledge base related to a given research topic.

Question 54

ProQuest contains thesis and dissertation studies.

Question 55

What is the proper format of a literature review?

A) It should be written as an annotated bibliography.
B) It should be written as a cohesive essay.
C) It should be as lengthy as possible.
D) It should be written as an overview.

Question 56

The author stated that writing the literature review is one of the easier aspects of writing a research report.

Question 57

When conducting a literature review, you should include research that both supports and contradicts your views or anticipated results.

Question 58

Primary sources are most often found by searching specialized indexes or databases.

Question 59

When there are numerous studies on a topic, further studies may still be necessary.

Question 60

Topics in a literature review should be ordered from those most closely related to your study to those least related to your study.

Question 61

Develop a justification to complete this statement:
The literature review is important because . . .

Question 62

Describe the process of having an article approved for publication in a refereed journal.

Question 63

Discuss the pertinence of academic journals to the literature review.

Question 64

Before a researcher begins to search for literature related to his or her topic, he or she should be aware of several "characteristics" when reviewing the body of literature. Discuss these "characteristics" and their importance to conducting an effective literature review.

Question 65

Describe the components of what's included in document citation pages.

Question 66

Discuss the benefits of conducting a literature review.

Question 67

Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources.

Question 68

Discuss how to use Boolean operators in the literature search and how they are helpful.

Question 69

Very few libraries catalog all their reference materials electronically.

Question 70

Discuss the pertinence of academic databases to the literature review.

Question 71

What are three of the additional databases listed in Chapter 5?

Question 72

What are the three most commonly asked questions regarding the number of sources for a literature review?

Question 73

Explain why the author cannot answer the following question.
"How much review of literature is enough?"

Question 74

List at least three distinct features of Google Scholar that are helpful to researchers.

Question 75

"Data" is an example of a Boolean operator for online searches.

Question 76

What does it mean when a citation in ERIC has an option called "direct link?"