Reviewing the Literature and theory. Analysis and Appraisal of Sources
The final capstone project is a culmination of the written research-based assignments completed throughout the course. Each written assignment contributes to the final Evidenced-Based Proposal paper. This is the second written assignment.
Locate a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles that describe the problem or issue and that support the proposed solution. Eight of the 15 articles must be research-based (i.e., a study which is qualitative, quantitative, descriptive, or longitudinal).
The "Table of Evidence" document is a tool you can use to organize information from the study articles you have chosen for your literature review. Use this tool as a guide to ensure you have captured the key information that should be incorporated into your literature review narrative.
Begin your search for literature by utilizing the databases located in the GCU Library. Contact your instructor, the librarian, or library staff for additional researching tips and keyword suggestions.
Preview each of the 15 articles chosen by reading the article abstracts and summaries. Article abstracts and summaries provide a concise description of the topic, research outcomes, and significance of findings.
Analysis and Appraisal
Write an analysis and appraisal (1,500-2,000 words): This section should build and support your case, in the reader's mind, of why your problem, purpose, and proposed solution are valid.
Remember, you are building an argument to prove your case to do this project; this is not simply an article review.
Analyze and appraise the selected articles to support your problem, purpose, and solution. Appraise each article by answering the following questions (one to two sentences is sufficient to answer each question):
How does the article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified?
Does the article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit?
What are some examples of morbidity, mortality, and rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population?
Does the article support your proposed change?
Group the analyses based on the content of the articles and the support each article provides for your project.
Incorporating a Theory
In addition to the review of the literature and theory paper, write a paper of 250-500 words in which you:
Find a theory that will assist you in your implementation or support your solution to your problem.
Describe this theory in simple terms.
Describe why this theory supports your project.
Describe how you will incorporate this theory.
General Requirements:
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT-490V-RS-TableofEvidence.docx
Table of Evidence
Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Study 5
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Methods: intervention/instruments
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Recommendations
How this supports EBP/Capstone
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Reviewing the Literature and Theory
Introduction
A review of literature entails the process of surveying scholarly articles, journals, books, videos and magazines among other sources relevant to the particular problem, theory or area of research. Thus, the information from the selected sources give elaborate the ideas of other researchers and authors regarding the same problem or giving their suggestive solutions based on evidences on the problem of the current study. Hence, reviewing literature provide description, summary and critical evaluation of the work of other authors regarding the phenomenon of the present study. The current essay is a review of fifteen sources in relation to reviewing literature based on theory in literature review.
Analysis and Appraisal of Sources
Study 1
McGhee, Marland & Atkinson (2007) in their study on “Grounded theory research: literature reviewing and reflexivity” discussed an argument surrounding the role of the initial literature review in grounded theory. The researchers based their arguments on the confusion surrounding literature review and pointed the need for clarity on the use of literature in grounded theory to guide researchers and readers to focus on reviewing literature based on theory. The authors noted the importance of reflexivity as an explicit quest for the limitation of researcher effects on the data through awareness of self as an integral both to the process of data collection and the comparison method based on theory. Thus, the authors concluded that researchers who are close to the field may be theoretically sensitized and become familiar with the literature on the topic of study. Thus, the use of literature or any pre-knowledge information should not bar a grounded theory that arises from the inductive-deductive interplay which is important in literature review. Therefore, researchers need to use reflexivity to prevent prior knowledge distortion on the perception of researcher on data (McGhee, et al. 2007).
The article is essential as it focuses on reviewing literature based on theory. The authors use an argumentative review that examines the literature selectively to support and or refute an argument regarding the importance of reflexivity. Thus, it develops a viewpoint on the use of reflexivity to base literature review on theoretical approach. Even though the information is of the recent past and not current, the article gives an integrative review that synthesizes representative literature on reflexivity for the development of new frameworks and perspectives on the use of theory when discussing literature review (McGhee, et al. 2007).
Study 2
Thomas and colleagues (2004) discusses systematic reviewing of literature in their article “A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions”. The authors outlined that methodologies are necessary for the systematic literature reviews for effectiveness of interventions in Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP). Such methodologies help in deriving research evidence that give guidance and support in healthcare systems for the public health services (Thomas et al., 2004). Besides, the authors indicated that four issues relate to systematic literature reviews and such include the process of systematic review of literature, the development of qualitative assessment instrument, the results of the study and results of dissemination strategy that researchers use. In conclusion, the authors highlighted that researchers need to adapt the current methods of systematic literature reviews for the effectiveness to questions related to research, the development of critical ideas as well as dissemination of information (Thomas et al., 2004).
The systematic article review of Thomas and colleagues in 2004 is important as it provides an overview of the existing evidences pertinent to a formulated research question. Thus, the researchers use pre-specified and standardized methods for identification and appraisal of the relevant research concerning the topic. Moreover, the authors follow the steps for systematic review process which include formulation of question, search and retrieval of the literature, establishment of relevance criteria, and assessment of relevant studies for the methodological quality, extraction of data and synthesis and report writing among others.
Study 3
Reviewing literature requires socially responsible sourcing (SRS) research based on theoretical context. The SRS gives the upstream social issues within the sustainability literature. Thus, Zorzini et al (2015) noted issues such as human rights, community development and ethical issues excluding the environmental concerns as some of the key areas that researchers need to delve into when delivering quality SRS in literature review. Hence, the author selected different articles for literature review basing their selection on the research content with a focus on the use of pre-existing theories. The researchers recommended a need for the use of theory within an ascending order as a typology in basing comments and arguments when discussing literature review. Thus, researchers need to factor in theory dressing, theory matching, and theory suggesting and theory expansion when developing literature reviews (Zorzini et al., 2015).
The above article is essential as it explicitly elaborate the importance of theory when developing literature review. Thus, the researchers noted the importance of including application of theory to help readers and professionals understand the research content with respect to its authenticity. Besides the paper is original and of high value as it focuses on social issues SRS giving a greater depth of discussion on the social issues regarding reviewing literature. Moreover, the article is of authority with reputable authors such as Marta Zorzini from the department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School in Lancaster University.
Study 4
Webster & Watson (2002) in their article “Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review” noted the importance of reviewing prior, relevant literature in academic projects. Thus, such effective reviews develop the best foundation for advancing knowledge as well as facilitating theoretical development, closes areas with numerous researches exist and unveil areas that future research would give new information. Moreover, the authors in their field of Information System (IS) realized little theory-based informational articles and recommended a review of literature based on theory that help in conceptualization of research areas and survey as well as synthesis of prior research. Thus, the review of article pr...