RESEARCH in EDUCATION

(RES 301)
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RELATED
LITERATURE AND
STUDIES

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 RELATED LITERATURE AND
STUDIES

⊡ Related Literature is composed of discussions of facts and

principles which the present study is related.
⊡ These materials are usually printed and found in the books,
encyclopedias, professional journals, magazines,
newspapers, and other publications.
⊡ These materials are classified as:
■ Local
■ Foreign

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 RELATED LITERATURE AND
STUDIES

⊡ Related studies are studies, inquiries, or investigations

already conducted to which the present proposed study is
related or has some bearing or similarity.
⊡ They are usually unpublished materials such as manuscript,
theses, and dissertations.
⊡ They may be classified as
□ 1. Local, if the inquiry was conducted in the Philippines; and
□ 2. Foreign, if conducted in foreign lands.

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Importance, Purposes, and
Functions of Related
Literature and Studies

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A survey or review of related literature
and studies is very important because
such reviewed literature and studies
serve as a foundation of the proposed
study.

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 Importance, Purposes, and Functions of
Related Literature and Studies

⊡ 1. They help or guide the researcher in searching for or selecting a

better research problem or topic.
⊡ 2. They help the investigator understand his topic for research better.
⊡ 3. They ensure that there will be no duplication of other studies.
⊡ 4. They help and guide the researcher in locating more sources of
related information.

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 Importance, Purposes, and Functions of
Related Literature and Studies

⊡ 5. They help and guide the researcher in making his research design
especially in :
□ a. the formulation of specific questions to be researched on:
□ b. the formulation of assumptions and hypotheses if there should
be any:
□ c. the formulation of conceptual framework; d. the selection and
application of the methods of research;
□ e. the selection and application of sampling techniques;

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 Importance, Purposes, and Functions of
Related Literature and Studies

□ f. the selection and/or preparation and validation of research

instruments for gathering data;
□ g. the selection and application of statistical procedures;
□ h. the analysis, organization, presentation, and interpretation of
data;
□ i. the making of the summary of implications for the whole
study;
□ j. the formulation of the summary of findings, conclusions, and
recommendations;
⊡ 6. They help and guide the researcher in making comparison between
his findings with the findings of other researchers on similar studies .

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Characteristic of Related
Literature and Studies

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 Characteristic of Related Literature and
Studies

⊡ 1. The surveyed materials must be as recent as possible.

⊡ 2. Materials reviewed must be objective and unbiased.
⊡ 3. Materials surveyed must be relevant to the study.
⊡ 4. Surveyed materials must have been based upon genuinely original
and true facts or data to make them valid and reliable.
⊡ 5. Reviewed materials must not be too few nor too many.

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Sources of Literature and
Related Studies

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 Sources of Literature and Related
Studies
The sources of related literature and studies may include the following:
⊡ 1. Books, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other similar references.
⊡ 2. Articles published in professional journals, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, and other
publications.
⊡ 3. Manuscripts, monographs, memoirs, speeches, letters, and diaries.
⊡ 4. Unpublished theses and dissertations.
⊡ 5. The Constitution, and laws and statutes of the land.
⊡ 6. Bulletins, circulars, and orders emanating from government offices and departments,
especially from the Office of the President of the Philippines and the Department of Education.
⊡ 7. Records of schools, public and private, especially reports of their activities
⊡ 8. Reports from seminars, educational or otherwise.
⊡ 9. Official reports of all kinds, educational, social, economic, scientific, technological,
political, etc. from the government and other entities.

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QUESTIONS AND/OR
CLARIFICATIONS

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THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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