Significance of the Study

 Who shall be the direct beneficiaries

of the outcome of the study?
 How? How will they benefit from
your study?
 Why is the study worth pursuing?
 How will this study contribute to
specific field of study?
Scope and Delimitation

 Timeframe
 Methodology
 Research resources
 Sample size
Literature Review
 Pick materials that are relevant to the
topic or problem.
 Choose materials that are updated or
recently published.
 Gather materials from varied sources such
as published studies, journals, books…
 Take time to know prominent experts in
their respective field.
Literature Review
 Synthesizing- the process of
extracting relevant information
deemed useful to the current
study.
Literature Review
 should be written chronologically
 should be categorized according
to theme
Writing the RRL
 Clearly specify your assumptions
(hypotheses) behind the general
research problem.
 Provide the necessary theoretical
background (framework of the study)
 Determine and examine what was
unique about each study.
 Identify the research gaps.
Writing the RRL
 Give a brief overview of what the
literature is all about.
 Establish a certain set of criteria in
selecting related literature to enable
you to review the most relevant and
significant to your study.
 Specify your assumptions and
arguments.
Writing the RRL

 Classify the information you have

gathered into categories and the
classify each category into
subcategories.
 Use transition markers.
 Write a conclusion at the end of the
literature review.