Learning Objectives

After reading Chapter 2, you will be able to:

  • Explain how researchers develop a research question.
  • Explain how researchers conduct a literature review.
  • Identify some useful resources for a literature review.
  • Know what you will find in a literature review.
  • Identify the different types of research articles and how are they organized.
  • Understand how we use a literature review to make hypotheses.
  • List the different types of hypotheses that a researcher can make.