Research Methodology for Systematic Literature Review

This article explains the research methodology for conducting a systematic literature review. It covers the reasons for choosing this method, techniques for searching up, search tabs used, and analysis and coding methods. The article also includes relevant references.

Research Methodology

Table of Contents
Research methodology.....................................................................................................................1
1. Reason for choosing to write a systematic literature review for this study?......................1
2. What does a systematic literature review do?....................................................................1
3. What techniques did you use to search up?........................................................................2
4. What search tabs were used?..............................................................................................2
5. How did you use the sub-questions as a guide for the papers that you found?..................2
6. How did you go about analysing them and coding them?..................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

Research methodology
This forms out a vital section of every dissertation that reflects about the process of
gathering accurate and relevant data regarding the topic (Borges and et. al., 2021). With respect
to the current study, making use of the systematic literature review is being proposed as current
study is only based on secondary source of information. The main questions and discussion
related with the selection of the systematic literature for current project are provided as below:
1. Reason for choosing to write a systematic literature review for this study?
The main reason and purpose behind making the use of the systematic literature review for
current study comprises of the fact that it supports researcher for gathering in-depth information
from available sources in a most cost and time efficient manner. Further, choosing systematic
literature review for current study is also rationale and suitable as it supports a framework and
base for the entre investigation and analysis through leading a proper review of pre-exiting
information to get better understanding about the selected topic and set research objectives
(Sholokhova, Denafas and Mykhaylenko, 2021). Further, selection of systematic literature
review for current study also based on the reason that it helps in supporting and delivering a clear
as well as a comprehensive overview of the pre available evidence on the selected topic and also
helps in identifying research gap to provide an improved direction for further investigation.
Along with this, leading out of a systematic literature review also helps in providing the
identification of the major and key literature that tend to supports better analysis and synthesize
of the research problem and objective also tend to validate the topic in order to effectively
achieve the set research objectives (Tamilmani and et. al., 2021).
2. What does a systematic literature review do?
a systematic literature review tends to provide a process which comprises of identifying
selecting and critically appraising and reviewing a set of research or past work in order to
provide a justification and answer to the clearly formulated set of research questions and
objectives. The systematic literature review aims at finding out a most relevant set of research on
the particular set of research question and objectives as possible and to use explicit methods to
identify and analysis that what exactly and reliably said and understand on the basis of review
these studies related with a specific set of topic to ensure gaining better information and analysis
of the set research questions and objectives.
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3. What techniques did you use to search up?
The techniques and process applied within current study to conduct and search up from the
key literature for having a systematic literature review comprises of the setting and choosing of a
specific topic based on the best practices approaches to working with dyslexic learners in F2F
contexts along with shift from face-to-face to online learning. Further, the search up techniques
used within current study comprises of the Choosing up the search terms based on current topic,
Search with keywords, Search for the exact phrase along with making use of the Truncation and
wildcard searches and use of the adjacency searching for more accurate results. Further, within
current study Searching with subject headings has been also made to get a better search about the
detailed and relevant information about the set research questions and objective (Hughes and
Barlo, 2021).
4. What search tabs were used?
The search tabs tend to form out an integral part of the systematic review that define how
relevant literature will be identified and should identify sources to be searched (list of databases
and trial registries) along with the keywords used in the literature (list of keywords) to identify
and search for relevant information. In context of the current study and within current systematic
literature review the search tabs which are used tend to includes of the best-practices digital
learning, dyslexic learners in F2F contexts, specific learning challenges, best-practice digital
learning, online learning and best practice approaches to working with dyslexic learners.
5. How did you use the sub-questions as a guide for the papers that you found?
Use of the sub –questions has supported better key search tabs for collecting and gathering
more relevant information and data for current study. It has been seen that sub-questions provide
a further bifurcation of the key aspects of the main questions and selected research topic
therefore supported better guide and direction for identifying and searching the key literature and
suitable papers present in form of books, articles, journals, magazines, scholarly, peer-reviewed
journals, conference proceedings and papers, dissertations and theses, internet, reference material
etc.
6. How did you go about analysing them and coding them?
The making use of the systematic literature review tend to comprises of the qualitative
method of research associated with in-depth and detailed form of data collection. Thus, use of
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the thematic approach is most suitable for effectively analysing and coding the information
gathered from the literature review. With respect to current study use of the thematic analysis
made for analysing the information provided through systematic literature review which tend to
provide a method for systematically and properly analysing qualitative data that entails searching
across a data set to identify, analyse, and report repeated pattern. Further, the making use of
thematic analysis also supports a better method for describing data and it tend to also involves
and comprises of the interpretation of the selected literature review in the processes of selecting
codes and constructing a valid theme that supports its better analysis and evaluation and
generation of improved information and understanding about the selected topic and research
questions (Lockyer and Weaver, 2021).
REFERENCES
Books and journal
Borges, A.F. and et. al., 2021. The strategic use of artificial intelligence in the digital era:
Systematic literature review and future research directions. International Journal of
Information Management, 57, p.102225.
Hughes, M. and Barlo, S., 2021. Yarning with country: An indigenist research
methodology. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(3-4), pp.353-363.
Lockyer, S. and Weaver, S., 2021. On the importance of the dynamics of humour and comedy
for constructionism and reflexivity in social science research methodology. International
Journal of Social Research Methodology, pp.1-13.
Sholokhova, A., Denafas, G. and Mykhaylenko, V., 2021. The organic output from mechanical–
biological treatment plants as a source of microplastics: Mini-review on current
knowledge, research methodology and future study perspectives. Waste Management &
Research, p.0734242X20983914.
Tamilmani, K. and et. al., 2021. The extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of
Technology (UTAUT2): A systematic literature review and theory
evaluation. International Journal of Information Management, 57, p.102269.
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