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True or false: The literature review section in a journal paper or thesis synthesizes the existing literature and identifies knowledge gaps?
True or false: The literature review section in a journal paper or thesis synthesizes the existing literature and identifies knowledge gaps?
True
True or false: Literature reviews should be much more than just lists of papers, according to Webster and Watson (2002)?
True or false: Literature reviews should be much more than just lists of papers, according to Webster and Watson (2002)?
True
True or false: There are several methods for synthesizing quantitative and qualitative evidence?
True or false: There are several methods for synthesizing quantitative and qualitative evidence?
True
True or false: Screening for inclusion is a step in the literature review process?
True or false: Screening for inclusion is a step in the literature review process?
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True or false: Exhaustive coverage strategy aims to include all relevant studies, published and unpublished, in the review?
True or false: Exhaustive coverage strategy aims to include all relevant studies, published and unpublished, in the review?
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True or false: The second type of coverage strategy aims to present materials representative of most other works in a given field?
True or false: The second type of coverage strategy aims to present materials representative of most other works in a given field?
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True or false: The review team may concentrate on prior works that have been central or pivotal to a particular topic as a part of the third coverage strategy?
True or false: The review team may concentrate on prior works that have been central or pivotal to a particular topic as a part of the third coverage strategy?
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True or false: Formulating the research question(s) and objective(s) is not a necessary step in the literature review process?
True or false: Formulating the research question(s) and objective(s) is not a necessary step in the literature review process?
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True or false: According to the text, the review team must appropriately justify the need for the review itself as a first step?
True or false: According to the text, the review team must appropriately justify the need for the review itself as a first step?
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True or false: Review articles are not considered powerful information sources for practitioners seeking evidence for decision-making and work practices?
True or false: Review articles are not considered powerful information sources for practitioners seeking evidence for decision-making and work practices?
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True or false: High-quality review papers are not cited and downloaded as often as any other type of published article?
True or false: High-quality review papers are not cited and downloaded as often as any other type of published article?
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True or false: Literature reviews can only take one major form?
True or false: Literature reviews can only take one major form?
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True or false: Review articles are not frequently cited pieces of work sought out by researchers as an outline of the literature for empirical studies?
True or false: Review articles are not frequently cited pieces of work sought out by researchers as an outline of the literature for empirical studies?
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True or false: Scholars have not found that review papers are cited and downloaded more often than any other type of published article?
True or false: Scholars have not found that review papers are cited and downloaded more often than any other type of published article?
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True or false: Literature reviews do not provide a series of recommendations for prospective authors of review articles?
True or false: Literature reviews do not provide a series of recommendations for prospective authors of review articles?
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