LITERATURE STUDIES in

QUALITATIVE Research

INDAH WINARNI, RETTY RATNAWATI

Fakultas Kedokteran
Universitas Brawijaya
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AIM to relate
readers present study
DISCOURSE

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on-going dialogue
COMMUNITY
certain discipline
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FRAME WORK

result
of Compare
other
present studies
study
 THE USE OF THE LITERATURE
FOR
RESEARCH PROBLEM

QUANT QUAL

Jumlah teori substansial Jumlah teori tidak substansial

Dasar membuat RQ atau hipotesis Tidak sebagai dasar membuat RQ

Deduktif Induktif
 QUALITATIVE
THE USE OF THE LITERATURE : POSITION

POSITION DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION Who has written about it
(CHAPTER I) Who has studied it
Who has indicated the importance
of studying the issue

CHAPTER II Mostly used in theory oriented

studies such as ethnography or
critical theory

CHAPTER IV To compare and contrast with the

(FINAL SECTION) result emerging from the study
 QUANTITATIVE
THE USE OF THE LITERATURE : POSITION

POSITION DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION integrative summaries of past
research

SEPARATE (CHAPTER I) theoretical review focused on

existing theories related to the
problem being studied

SEPARATE (CHAPTER II) include methodological focused on

methods. Actual critique of
strengths and weaknesses of
method sections
 IDENTIFYING, WRITING, PLANNING
AND LOCATING LITERATURE

WHAT TO EXTRACT

Problem being addressed

Central purpose
Information about sample, population,
or subject
Key result
Technical & methodological flaw
 PRIORITY FOR REVIEWING LITERATUR

1. Begin with journal article

2. Review books related to the topic
3. Read recent conference papers on a topic
 HOW MUCH?

Write about
1. Major independent variables
2. Major dependent variables
3. Both independent and dependent variables and
a summary
4. Write about sites or cases in qualitative study
 Technical Procedure
1. Tell the readers about the sections in the literature review
2. Write scholarly literature about independent variables
3. Incorporate dependent variables subsection when
necessary
4. Write scholarly literature relating independent &
dependent variables
5. Provide summary of the review
Highlight most important studies

Logical point of departure

for METHOD section