Explain what a literature review is. Summarize the three steps of the literature review and their importance. Why is a literature review so necessary for scientific research?

Answer:

A literature review is the organized search of the given topic or area in the already available literature. It is basically the study of the previously available literature before the start of the project or the given research. It is an organized text representation of the findings and respective working in the area of research. It is basically extracted from the research papers already available.

Three steps of the literature review are:

Step 1: Deciding the research area or the topic of research and finding the previously available research on that, referring the available scientific findings.

Step 2: Finding the relevant information from your textbooks or articles already available. cut and frame the required information is needed in this step.

Step 3: Writing the own literature of the topic from all the data and information collected.

Literature review so necessary for scientific research because:

1. It helps in broadening the area of research.

2. It frames a methodology for carrying out the research.

3. it helps in understanding the research better.

4. The basics are clear from the very beginning.

5. We have a fundamental database to match the findings.

6. helps to focus.