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Literature Review Zimbordos Prison Experiment
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February 5, 2017
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1 Demonstrate the difference research reports and review papers.
1 The main difference between research reports and review papers are their main focus of inquiry and the source of their data. While research reports are focused on conveying research results through a systematic analysis of a particular phenomenon (through research), Review reports aim to provide a critique of existing pieces of literature through reading and analysis CITATION Edi15 \l 1033 (Editage Insights, 2015). As for their main sources of data, the first one utilizes both primary and secondary data in order to bolster their knowledge base for further inquiry, while the latter one uses secondary data in doing their analysis. In the academe, research reports are usually published after a research while review papers helps the paper becomes ‘pe-reviewed’ by other scholars in the same field.
2 Define what a literature review is.
2 According to the Royal Literary Fund (2017), a literature review “douments the state of the art with respect to the subject or topic you are writing about”, through a systhesis of the previous sudies done by other scholars in your field. In other words, a literature review is provides the necessary background for the researcher to be fully acquainted with previous knowledge and breakthroughs in a field, including all pitfalls and warnings that previous researchers have noted. A literature review is usually required in an undergraduate thesis, dissertation, or even an academic article.
3 Describe the steps required to conduct a literature.
3 In doing a literature review, the first step is knowing and becoming fully aware of your own research topic. This includes the question that you want to ask. Then comes the scope and limitations of your study. This is critically important since it is practically impossible to study every fields related to your research CITATION lib17 \l 1033 (libguides.uwf.edu, 2017). After this, choosing your databases comes next, this is important for the fact that journal articles and other scholarly articles are required in doing a literature review. Then comes the process of writing the review CITATION lib17 \l 1033 (libguides.uwf.edu, 2017). Usually, it would be better to start with an outline, grouping together all the important facts and ideas about your topic in logical manner. Lastly, the synthesis of all the papers and pieces of literature should come next CITATION lib17 \l 1033 (libguides.uwf.edu, 2017).
4 Describe the general goal of inquiry in the social sciences
4 The general goal of inquiry in the social sciences is the way how humans interact with each other, and how does these interactions create the collective group of societies and its corresponding cultures CITATION Dannd \l 1033 (Dance-Schissel, n.d.). More specifically, the Social Sciences is divided into numerous other fields such as Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, and Anthropology among others, with different perspectives, theories, and goals CITATION Dannd \l 1033 (Dance-Schissel, n.d.). Nonetheless, these differences are usually oriented towards the study of human behavio...