In conducting a complex search, the researcher's main goal is to:
a. create as long a list of possible sources as possible.
b. establish a baseline of how many studies are available on the topic.
c. find out whether the topic is too difficult for study.
d. focus the literature review.
ANS: D
Combining the concepts used in the study into one search will reveal sources that also used a similar combination of concepts, instead of all studies that used as few as one of them.
The goal of the researcher would not be to obtain a lengthy list, but a useful one.
The researcher would not be establishing a baseline, but creating a relevant literature review.
A literature review may ultimately lead the researcher to this conclusion, but that is not the goal of the search. The correct answer is "focus the literature review." A review of literature is introduced with a description of the topic of interest and how the review is focused.
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