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... the quest to produce useful, high-quality knowledge.
What are major institutions of knowledge production, and how well are they working?
Adler, M. J. (). How to read a book.
The important thing to understand is that a literature review proper is a research method; it is not peripheral to research.
What are major study designs and purposes? E.g. experiment, difference-in-differences, etc. What exists; how things are connected; what might happen.
Qualitative methods are premised on the ontological position that the world is multifaceted; the epistemological position that one explores a multifaceted world through people's subjectivities; and the political position that including a wider range of subjectivities in knowledge production leads to more just, effective decision-making. See GEOG 425 - Final paper.
See notes on qualitative methods, , data analysis and models .
See Miller (2005).
Miller, J. E. (2005). The Chicago guide to writing about multivariate analysis. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.