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Chapter 5 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 5 Multiple choice questions
Getting started: reviewing the literature
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Why do you need to review the existing literature?
You enjoy reading the academic research on your topic.
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Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count.
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To find out what is already known about your area of interest.
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To make sure you have a long list of references.
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To read the literature critically means:
to suggest the previous research was always poorly conducted.
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skimming through the material because most of it is just padding.
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evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions.
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being negative about something before you read it.
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What can a researcher use the literature to achieve?
They can demonstrate their competence by referring to prominent writings in the field.
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They develop their version of the literature in such a way as to show and to lead up to the contribution they will be making in their own project or article.
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All of the above.
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They can identify a gap or problem in the literature that corresponds to the research questions.
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A systematic literature review is:
one which generates a literature review using a treasure hunt system.
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a replicable, scientific, and transparent process.
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one which gives equal attention to the principal contributors to the area.
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a manufactured system for generating literature reviews tailored to your subject.
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Which of the follow is a benefit of a systematic review?
It reduces researcher bias and demands the researcher is comprehensive of their approach.
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It is really quick to complete.
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It is cost effective as an approach.
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It provides internal validity to the study.
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What is a limitation of systematic review?
It is too hard to do.
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The research cannot be defined into the impact of a single variable.
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They are particularly complicated.
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The researcher community finds them complex.
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What is distinctive about a narrative literature review?
It is a review based exclusively on stories about companies, in book and case-study form.
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It is an historically-based review, starting with the earliest contributions to the field.
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It is a paraphrase style of reviewing which does not require referencing.
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It serves as a means of gaining an initial impression of a topic, which you will understand more fully as you conduct your research.
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When accessing the internet, which of these steps is the most essential?
Recording the full URL
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Noting the access dates
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Downloading material to be referenced
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They are all equally important
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According to the Harvard referencing convention, pick out the correct version of showing this book in a bibliography:
Bryman, A. and Bell, E. (2011, 3e)
Business Research Methods,
Oxford; Oxford University Press
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Bryman (2011, third edition), Oxford University Press
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Bryman and Bell,
Business Research Methods
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Bryman, A. Business Research Methods (2011)
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Which of the following statements about plagiarism is most accurate?
It is so easy to "copy and paste" from the internet that everyone does it nowadays. If a proper reference is given, where is the harm in that?
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How can we say for sure where our own ideas come from exactly? If we tried to give a reference for everything we could never hope to succeed.
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Any suggestion that we have written what another actually wrote is morally wrong. The whole point of a literature review is to show what we have read and what we thought about it.
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Plagiarism is such an awful crime that those found guilty should be obliged to wear a scarlet "P" on their clothing.
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