How to identify the components of previous studies?

Previous studies are the group of studies and researches that dealt with the topic that the researcher is studying, and these studies play a great role in giving a general idea to the researcher about the research he is doing and about the stages of its development.

The summary of previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) plays a large and important role in enriching scientific research, and make the sources of this research diverse and multiple.

 What are the conditions for selecting previous studies 

The conditions for choosing previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) are numerous and varied, and the most prominent of these conditions is that the researcher draws upon previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) from the original primary sources, and avoids secondary sources.

The researcher should take the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) that relate to his scientific research from the refereed scientific journals and reliable scientific sources.

The researcher must possess the ability and skill to choose previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) that are related to the scientific research that he undertakes, because his knowledge of sources not related to his scientific research will lead to the loss of his effort and time.

And the way the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) are presented is considered one of the most important conditions that the researcher must adhere to, and he must make sure that he displays the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) in a sound language, an attractive method that makes the researcher impulsive to read the scientific research.

 What is the importance of previous studies 

There is a great importance for the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study), and the importance of the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) lies in its assistance to the researcher not to make the same mistakes of other researchers previously made, because the researcher through whom he is familiar with the previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) will discover the problems that other researchers have suffered and thus will have the ability to avoid them.

Previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) helps the researcher to know the ideas that were studied, thus excluding them and focusing on creative ideas that had not been studied before.

Previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) also help the researcher to see the method that researchers used in their studies to formulate study questions, and therefore the researcher benefits from this matter, and he has sufficient experience to formulate his scientific research questions.

Previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) also contribute to providing answers to a number of questions that revolve in the student's mind, thus saving time and effort.

Previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) also facilitate the task of research on the researcher, because it forms a broad ground, and makes him familiar enough with the research that he is doing.

Previous studies (summary of previous studies/related study) provide a suitable platform for new researchers, and give them a strong push to complete the study simply and easily.

 Reasons for writing previous studies: 

The reasons for writing previous studies are numerous and varied, and the researcher must be familiar with these reasons. One of the most prominent of these reasons is providing information and a general idea about the subject of the study, and therefore through which the researcher can avoid making mistakes.

Previous studies are among the things that facilitate the process of selecting the researcher theoretical framework.

Previous studies save time and effort on the researcher, by providing ready and proven information about the topic that the researcher is studying.

In addition, previous studies alert the researcher to the error sites that other researchers have made and thus can avoid.

Previous studies play an important role in making the researcher familiar with the recommendations made by other researchers, and thus he has the ability to address and talk about them

 Identifying previous studies 

The process of identifying previous studies is called the review of study, where the review of study, where the review of study involves searching for related studies to your research, and involve reading these studies. The process of review of study is manly focused on reading previous researches to identify whether these studies actually relate to your study.

The review of study through reading is of great importance to the researchers, where reading in the review of study enable the researcher to understand new things about his research. Reading through the review of study will also enable the researcher to identify new ideas and techniques.

This is why researchers are emphasised to read, read and read in the process of review of study. And to focus in the process of review of study on all the study variables and not to focus the process of review for study on only one or two variables.

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