The primary purpose of this assignment is to help you understand that the Literature Review is an integral part of any research project and how it lays the groundwork for the investigation you will do.

In Module 2, you will complete an annotated bibliography on a topic of your choice in which you will be required to find at least ten sources of various types, write a short summary of the information found in each source, and write an evaluation of the source’s credibility, reliability, currency, possible bias, and usefulness with respect to your topic.

Literature Review Guide

The literature review builds on the annotated bibliography. For the topic you chose for your annotated bibliography in Module 2, complete the following:

· Review your annotated bibliography.

· Define a problem statement that, in your opinion, would be useful and practical for you to investigate, based on the information presented in your annotated bibliography sources (and others if needed).

· Organize your sources by sorting and classifying their findings in a meaningful way, always considering your original topic and problem.

· Write a literature review that would seem to offer the greatest potential for developing a good theoretical framework, using 7 to 10 references. All of these can be from your annotated bibliography, or you can use others in addition to those in your annotated bibliography.

· Develop the theoretical framework incorporating its basic functions as discussed in the text.

· Generate a set of testable hypotheses based on your research question and the theoretical framework.

Report Guide

Your report must contain the sections outlined in the following guide. APA formatting standards must be followed throughout. The paper does not have to be lengthy; perhaps 750 to 1500 words. The introduction, research question, and hypothesis statement sections should be short and succinct. Most of the word count in your report will be in the literature review and theoretical framework sections.

Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.

Before you begin, read the Literature Review & Report Guidelines. This will give you step-by-step guidance for creating your literature review.

Note: The rubric for this assignment is the same rubric that was used for the draft submission. Your final review is worth 15% of your final grade.

Submit your Literature Review by the end of the module week. Be sure to address all the required elements listed thoroughly. Your document is required to be in current APA format and free of grammar and spelling errors.

Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters.

You are submitting your paper as a draft to Turnitin so that you can check the originality report, but the paper will not be stored in the Turnitin repository at this time.

This activity supports Module Objective 2 and Learning Outcome 2