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The primary goal of literature review is to know the use of content/ideas/approaches in the literature to correctly identify the problem that is vaguely known beforehand, to advocate a specific approach adopted to understanding the problem, and to access the choice of methods used. It also helps the researcher understand clearly that the research to be undertaken would contribute something new and innovative. The quality of such review can be determined by evaluating if it includes appropriate breadth and depth of the area under study, clarity, rigor, consistency, effective analysis.
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Deb, D., Dey, R., Balas, V.E. (2019). Literature Review and Technical Reading. In: Engineering Research Methodology. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 153. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2947-0_2
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