Part I. Please read the provided article (only read the literature review/background/overview section where the authors reviewed previous studies on the topic of studying) and respond to the following questions:
How many empirical studies did the authors cite in their literature review section (Research Context section)? How did the authors organize these studies (did they simply summarize the existing studies or did they use subtitles to represent different themes?) What was the purpose of this literature review? How did the literature review help researchers to formulate a convincing rationale for their research study
Part II. Respond to the following prompts:
Mertens asks us to consider when we should cease reviewing the literature on our topic. There are two views presented (p. 92):
when you have enough sense of the conversation to argue persuasively that the target for your proposed study is sound and that the methods of inquiry are correct
when you feel familiar with the literature and generally what has been done on your topic
What do you think? And why?