1.What is a function of a literature review?

To provide a theoretical background to the study.

To provide reliable research findings.

To demonstrate that you can use the internet.

To identify a research problem.

2.A literature review helps to

Bring clarity and focus to a research problem.

Improve the research methodology.

Broaden your knowledge base in your research area.

All of the above

3. review of the literature should sort out the information into a ______________ framework.

Universal.

Conceptual.

Selective.

Theoretical

4.What is an advantage of journal articles for a literature review?

Provides up-to-date information.

There are many journals to choose from in most fields.

Reading abstracts of articles help to select relevant articles.

All of the above.

5.The internet should not be used for finding published literature.

True

False

6.he main sources of literature for most students are__________.

Newspaper articles and documentaries.

Books, dissertations and your supervisor.

Books, journal articles and the internet.

Google and Wikipedia

7.The literature review serves two important functions (1) it provides theoretical background to a study
and (2) it helps contextualise the findings by comparing them with what others found out in relation to
the enquiry.

True

False

8.Writing a literature review should be thematic in nature, based on main themes, follow a logical
progression and various arguments should be substantiated from the literature and adhere to an
acceptable academic referencing style.

True

False

9.Why do you need to review the existing literature?

a) To make sure you have a long list of references

b) Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count

c) To find out what is already known about your area of interest

d) To help in your general studying

10.To read critically means:

a) Taking an opposing point of view to the ideas and opinions expressed

b) Skimming through the material because most of it is just padding

c) Evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions

d) Being negative about something before you read it

11.Which two of the following are legitimate frameworks for setting out a literature review:

1. Constructing inter-textual coherence

2. Deconstruction of textual coherence

3. Problematizing the situation

12. Resolving discovered problems?

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3
d) 2 and 4

13.A systematic literature review is:

a) One which starts in your own library, then goes to on-line databases and, finally, to the internet

b) A replicable, scientific and transparent process

c) One which gives equal attention to the principal contributors to the area

d) A responsible, professional process of time-management for research

14.What is self-plagiarism?

a) When a person lifts material that they have previously written and pass it off as their own work

b) Taking about yourself too much

c) Using somebody else's work and passing it off as your own

d) An epistemological stance

15.What is the first stage of a systematic review?

a) Assess the relevance of each study to the research question(s)

b) Define the purpose and scope of the review

c) Appraise the quality of studies from the previous step

d) Survey all of the literature contained within a single library

16.What is a narrative literature review?

a) An historically-based review, starting with the earliest contributions to the field

b) A review based exclusively on stories about companies, in book and case-study form

c) A paraphrase style of reviewing which does not require referencing

d) An initial impression of the topic which you will understand more fully as you conduct your research

17.When accessing the internet, which of these steps is the most essential?

a) Recording the full URL

b) Noting the access dates

c) Downloading material to be referenced

d) They are all equally important

18.According to the Harvard referencing convention, which is the correct reference?

a) Bryman, A. (2012, 4e) Social Research Methods, Oxford; Oxford University Press

b) Bryman (2012, fourth edition), Oxford University Press

c) Bryman, Alan, Social Research Methods (2012: OUP)

d) Bryman, A. Social Research Methods (2012)

19.Which of the following statements about plagiarism is most accurate?

a) 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?

b) 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.

c) Any suggestion that we have written what another actually wrote is morally wrong. Anyway, the
whole point of a literature review is to show what we have read and what we thought about it.

d) Plagiarism is such an awful crime that those found guilty should be obliged to wear a scarlet "P" on
their clothing.

20.Which of the following do we recommend as ways to build your general knowledge of a topic area?

Read a good recent textbook chapter.

Look for the most recent ‘in press’ publication before reading any other material.

Find and use a reader on the topic in question.

Answers A and C

21.Which of the following are relevant databases for most psychology dissertation topics?

PsycINFO

Web Of Science

ACEA

Answers A and B

22.Which of the following is the sequence in which you should use a database?

Limit dates of papers; print out full text papers; read abstracts; enter search terms

Print out papers; read abstracts; limit dates; think of search terms

Think of search terms; enter terms into database; limit dates of papers; read abstracts; print out full
text papers

None of the above

23.Which of the following are top tips we offer to help you improve your use of the literature?

Keep a research notebook

Sort your references in a spreadsheet

Apply Fisher’s notation to the arguments you encounter

All of the above

24.Which of these describes our advice on using internet search engines?

Engines such as Yahoo and Google are much more efficient and effective than databases such as
PsycINFO

Web addresses ending in .ac.uk, or .edu are generally bona fide academic sources

Wiki entries are more up to date and accurate than journal articles

None of the above

25..Which of the following are ways in which we suggest you might maximize your marks?

Using the internet to find key researchers

Review notes you made on editorial and overview papers and chapters.

Be as critically evaluative of your own study as you were of other people’s

All of the above

26.Which of the following steps are likely to help you avoid accidental plagiarism?

Cut and paste accurately from published works.

Make superficial changes to the words used in published papers

Make short bullet point notes in your own words

Answers A and B

27.To be original a study must be:

Radically different from previous research

Conducted with a sample that has never been studied before

Addressing a gap in the existing research literature

All of the above

28.What do you need to be able to provide in order for your research to pass the ‘so what?’ test?

Reasons why the research is important

 Implications of answering the research question

Proof that no-one has ever conducted a similar study

Answers A and B

29.--------------- tend to be generally expressed; a -----------is a specific prediction about what we will find.

Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window.

Hypotheses; research question

Research questions; hypothesis

Null hypotheses; research question

None of the above

30.Which of these are reasons why it is so important to get your research question right?

The RQ articulates the gap that you have found in the literature

The RQ will guide the design of the study

The RQ will inform the content of your discussion section

All of the above

31.How do we suggest you deal with competing/alternative theoretical frameworks?

Choose the one that has been used most often in published papers

Ensure that you only refer to papers from your chosen theoretical framework

Evaluate the quality of evidence for each

Choose only frameworks that have been developed in the past ten years

32.----- are typically peer reviewed, which means that the published work is guaranteed to be flawless;
----- are usually subjected to less stringent evaluation.

Journal articles; book chapters

Book chapters; journal articles

Conference papers; journal articles

None of the above.

33.Which of the following would you do if you applied Fisher’s notation technique to a chapter or paper?

Underline any conclusions

Put curly brackets around any citations to published work

 Skim read the text

Answers A and C

34.Which of the following do we suggest may be misplaced criticisms of published work?

Criticizing work without considering the date when it was published.

Criticizing work on the basis that the sample was not truly random

Criticizing studies for their small sample size without considering the difficulty of accessing the
population.

All of the above

35.Literature review is not usually concerned with helping in:

objective setting.

literary appreciation.

research instrument design.

subsequent data collection.

36.The literature review will examine:

only facts.

all aspects of a topic.

only one side of the main argument.

only opinions

37.The starting point for a literature search is:

secondary data.

tertiary data.

primary data.

some other data

37.Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?

The quality is unknown.

It has been used before.

It is too recent.

The authors name often does not appear.

38.Which one of these is likely to be peer-reviewed?

The European Journal of Management.

he Guardian.

The Economist.

Woman's Own.

39.Which of these will NOT help you to decide whether a publication is reputable?

Citation rate

Audience.

Advertising inside.

Importance to peers

40.The likely readers (or audiences) for a journal is a useful guide to the importance of that journal to
your research. Why?

It indicates the likely number of pages.

It indicates the likely publisher.

It indicates the likely content.

It indicates the likely editor.

41.When you discover that an author has, (1) cited another author (2) it is good practice to:

use the work and attribute it to author 2.

use the work and attribute it to author 1.

not to use the work.

locate and read the original, then attribute it to author 2.

42.Before searching you should define the timeframe of your search. Why?

So you work when you are most efficient.

So you don't find the library busy.

So you do not incur unnecessary costs.

so you find the most articles.

43.Which is the major disadvantage of using peer-reviewed journals in literature reviews?

Subscription fees are high.

 The information is too recent.

Humans control the quality.

Information could be as old as four years.

44.Why is it important for a researcher to review the literature?

Because it is traditional.

Because it shows time has been spent on the subject.

Because it will find if anyone has done the work before.

Because it identifies like-minded researchers.

45.Which of these is the most efficient way to locate relevant journals?

Browsing in a newsagents.

Browsing the shelves in the library.

Searching using tertiary sources.

Following up references in articles

46.Which one of these is not normally used by researchers to store references?

Handwritten index cards.

Word processing software.

Panels.

Spreadsheets.

47.When you cite Internet resources, you do not need to find:

date of access.

date created.

date last updated.

date of birth of the author