Answer to Question #311201 in English for john

Question

Why is it said that the role of literature review in qualitative researches is not entirely defined?

Answer 1

The literature review provides the researcher with an opportunity to identify any gaps that may exist in the body of literature and to provide a rationale for how the proposed study may contribute to the existing body of knowledge.

Literature review is not a qualitative research method. Literature review is related to preparing conceptual foundation or theory building and becomes the basis of hypotheses formulation. Literature review is neither qualitative nor quantitative method, but a review of related works in the field of study which can fall under qualitative design or quantitative design. It serves as an argument for research study to problem to be properly analysed. The premise of literature review is on the understanding that knowledge is an incremental exercise. Therefore, in your case you used content analysis, literature review cannot be counted as a research method.