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Guidelines
Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Introduce the subject area and explain the research
topic. State your research question(s) or research objective(s).
This is also the place for mentioning the scope and
limitations of your study. It is difficult to write
a good introduction before completing the literature
review, which provides perspective and quotes to highlight
the importance of the topic you have selected. You might
wish to write the introduction and the literature review
at the same time. Explain the terminology that you use.
Keep the introduction short and focused.
Review
of the Literature
The literature review is a major part of your research
and deserves serious attention. Initially, the literature
review will help you to select and focus on a topic,
and will show you what has been published on that topic
so that you do not duplicate someone else's work. Conduct
a thorough literature search before designing your methodology
and collecting your data.
The
literature review should provide context and clarify
the relationship between your topic and previous work
in that area. When writing the literature review, present
major themes, theories, and ideas that have been published
in the area, and the findings of related studies. A
thematic approach under section headings will help to
focus the review and provide structure to this chapter.
Conclude
the review of the literature with a short section that
describes your topic, highlighting why it is important
to address the problem you have investigated
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