IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE REVIEW
A literature review is a written summary of journal articles, books and other documents that describes the past and current state of information on the topic of your research study. A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it has an organizational pattern and combines both summary synthesis. IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE REVIEW Literature review helps the researcher to get used to the related material on the study It shows the originality and relevance of your research problem It helps to refine your project idea It identifies research methods and strategies which you could use It helps you to avoid repeating the work of others Basis for further reading, as your project develops It can introduce you to eminent scholars It can increase your confidence in your selected topic References Creswell, J.W. (2014). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research(4 th ed., pp. 80).Edinburgh Gate : Pearson Education Lim