How to prepare the previous studies section?

The previous studies (past researchers) are the set of researches and studies that dealt with the subject that the researcher is studying, and these studies provide a lot of information to the researcher on the subject of the study in order to help him to fully understand the subject of his research.

In each particular study there is a summary of the previous studies (past researchers), whether in the research proposal or in the second chapter, which is divided into the theoretical framework and previous studies (past researchers), and this part of the research is an important aspect that highlights the level of knowledge of the subject matter studied.

Writing previous studies (past researchers) is very important when conducting scientific research, as the researcher explores queries for multiple questions related to his mind, so it is necessary to use the previous scientific studies related to the subject of research, and writing previous studies (past researchers) give the scientific researcher all the details related to the hypothesis of the research.

 ways to writing previous studies 

Annotated bibliography:

The research culture differs from one researcher to another in the view of writing previous studies (past researchers), but the vast majority of researchers, both master and doctoral researchers, use the annotated bibliography method, which is based on the presentation of the name of the previous study, after which a summary of previous studies (past researchers) is listed in a simple form Expressive at the same time, and then clarifies the scientific researcher the most important consequences of that study, and in the end the scientific researcher comment on those studies.

Method of summarizing previous studies (past researchers) in historical order:

The method of writing previous studies (past researchers) in historical order is based on the researcher collecting and writing previous studies (past researchers), and discussing and analyzing them according to the oldest and most recent publication date.

Method of writing previous studies (past researchers) with specific topics

The method of summarizing previous studies (past researchers) with general concepts related to the subject.

 Objective of writing previous studies 

1. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is to avoid the researcher to make mistakes made by previous researchers
2. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is to help the researcher to develop questions related to the study, as it benefits from the questions posed by other researchers.
3. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is to develop aspects that did not get their full right to study.
4. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is to expand the culture of the researcher and brief him on the subject of the study, by giving him valuable information on this topic.
5. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is that they clarify the problem of scientific research, and it is helping the researcher to know the areas related to his research and it provides a large number of sources and references.
6. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) that they provide the researcher a set of ideas that may be absent from him, and thus benefit from them in his research.
7. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is to inspire new researchers as it helps them to complete the studies initiated by previous researchers.
8. The aim of the previous studies (past researchers) is that they save the researcher effort and time because they provide information that may help him.

 Summary of results from previous studies 

To get a summary of the results you must follow some of the conditions and guidelines are as follows:

• Objective criticism free of ideological or ethnic intolerance of previous scientific research and focus in the summary of the results on the criticism of the research and important topics
• The previous studies (past researchers) are always incomplete and their content dealt with variables and the subject of a specific study, and the researcher did the same as you did you must collect the shortcomings; in the summary of the results because it clarifies and strengthens the results of the objective study
• The scientific researcher should try to link the study subject to the summary of the results and be consistent with them, as well as ask the researcher himself what is the goal of the inclusion of the study amid the summary of the results.

 Literature review (summary of studies/summarization) 

Literature review (summary of studies/summarization) is a critical analysis of the sources and literature in a subject and this analysis makes us reach to the abstract of literature and classification and have a comparison and evaluation of results, and the review of literature is defined as a critical and synthesis discussion of previous studies (past researchers) in a specific subject in the area of ​​specialization where extracts of general conclusions from several individual research centered around hypotheses themselves or have to do with them.

Goal Setting in literature review (summary of studies/summarization) should be the first step in writing a literature review (summary of studies/summarization). This should be done through a review of the literature in addition to conducting a comprehensive research in the literature review (summary of studies/summarization): In this step, a comprehensive survey of what has been written on a particular topic is carried out. It is necessary to determine what is the appropriate literature and what is the appropriate type. Criticism is read in the literature review (summary of studies/summarization) of all sources and try to search for places of allowance in these facts.

 Outline of the organization of a literature review 

1. This diagram includes an introduction: It should include a summary of what is written in the review, the aspects discussed in the review, as well as the criteria used to select the literature.
2. Review body
3. Summary of the Review: The summary of the review includes the main agreements and differences in the literature and gaps and the overall perspective of the subject.

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