Management and Business Research
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Practice Quizzes
1. Which of the following is a reason to undertake a systematic review of the literature?
- being able to access important grey literature
- increasing the transparency of a review
- being able to reach older yet still important contributions
- enhancing creativity and intuition
Ans: B
2. What is the function of a Boolean operator?
- to identify a particular type of publication
- to broaden the scope of a search on a particular subject
- to delineate the scope and depth of research results
- to have a programme that can operate within the Google platform
Ans: C
3. What is a citation search?
- It traces all the publications of a particular author over time.
- It traces key authors of journal articles or books to previous or future related work in relation to a particular topic.
- It traces articles on a particular topic from books as opposed to journal articles.
- It calculates the impact factor for a journal.
Ans: B
4. Which of these is NOT an advantage of using a library?
- to obtain print information that is available but difficult to access elsewhere
- to access working papers ahead of print
- to have experts to help
- to identify adjacent material that might be of interest/use on a related topic
Ans: B
5. Which of the following is a scholarly database?
- Detox
- Protocol
- ABI Complete
- ReQuest
- all of these
Ans: C
6. A checklist of a literature review would NOT include which of the following key items?
- the topic and scope clearly identified
- a clear understanding of the relevant terms and concepts
- material from as far back as it is possible to obtain
- research conceptualized/reordered in such a way that new perspectives are generated
Ans: C
7. Which of the following statements would NOT define a main purpose of a literature review?
- to learn from previous research in order to be in a position to ask focused questions
- to provide a context for the research that is to be undertaken
- to show volume of research that has been conducted on a particular topic
- to clearly indicate what the new research will add to what is already known
Ans: C
8. Which of the following questions links to the key criterion of authorship, used for evaluating sources of information?
- When was the source created and last updated?
- Is the source authoritative and therefore credible?
- What motivations have led to the creation of the work?
- Is there sufficient information/data/analysis offered to make the paper rigorous?
Ans: B
9. A critical literature review requires the researchers to ______.
- be negative about the literature they read
- highlight the reasons why previous research was misguided or poorly conducted
- select literature they find easy to criticise
- evaluate the contribution of previous research in the light of a new research questions
Ans: D
10. It can be useful to begin a literature review with a brief research statement. Of the statements below, which would you NOT expect to see?
- What is the topic of the research?
- How does this project relate to past research in the field?
- What methodological approaches should be excluded?
- Why a given body of literature is relevant to the research
Ans: C