Chapter 2
• Restate the problem and the purpose.
• Provide a concise synopsis of the current literature that establishes the relevance of the problem.
• Preview major sections of the chapter.
Literature Review Related to Key Variables and/or Concepts
Provide an exhaustive review of the current literature that includes the following information:
• Describe studies related to the constructs of interest and chosen methodology and methods that are consistent with the scope of the study.
• Describe ways researchers in the discipline have approached the problem and the strengths and weakness inherent in their approaches.
• Justify from the literature the rationale for selection of the variables or concepts.
• Review and synthesize studies related to the key concepts and/or phenomena under investigation to produce a description of what is known about them, what is controversial, and what remains to be studied.
• Review and synthesize studies related to the research questions and why the approach selected is meaningful. Summary and Conclusions
• Concisely summarize major themes in the literature.
• Summarize what is known as well as what is not known in the discipline related to the topic of study.
• Describe how the present study fills at least one of the gaps in the literature and will extend knowledge in the discipline.
• Provide transitional material to connect the gap in the literature to the methods described in chapter 3.
