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    Literature Review

    Phrase bank when referring to sources and discussing your results/findings

    General comments on the relevant literature


    The literature on X has highlighted several …
    Different theories exist in the literature regarding …
    More recent attention has focused on the provision of …
    There are relatively few historical studies in the area of …
    A large and growing body of literature has investigated …
    Much of the literature since the mid-1990s emphasises the …
    Much of the current literature on X pays particular attention to …
    There is a large volume of published studies describing the role of …
    The existing literature on X is extensive and focuses particularly on …
    There is a relatively small body of literature that is concerned with …
    The generalisability of much published research on this issue is problematic.
    A considerable amount of literature has been published on X. These studies …
    Previous research findings into X have been inconsistent and contradictory (Smith, 1996; …).
    The academic literature on X has revealed the emergence of several contrasting themes.

    Previous research: area investigated


    To date, several studies have investigated …
    A number of studies have begun to examine …
    Various studies have assessed the efficacy of …
    Researchers attempted to evaluate the impact of …
    A great deal of previous research into X has focused on …
    Several studies have used longitudinal data to examine …
    Previous studies have explored the relationships between X and Y.
    Twenty cohort study analyses have examined the relationship between …
    A number of authors have considered the effects of … (Smith, 2003; Jones, 2004).
    At least 120 case-control studies worldwide have examined the relationship between …
    Numerous studies have attempted to explain … (for example, Smith, 1996; Jones, 1998; …).

    Previous research: what has been established or proposed


    Several lines of evidence suggest that …
    Previous research has established that …
    Data from several studies suggest that …
    It is now well established from a variety of studies that …
    A number of studies have postulated a convergence between …
    Surveys such as that conducted by Smith (1988) have shown that …
    Many recent studies (e.g. Smith, 2001; Jones, 2005) have shown that …
    Traditionally, it has been argued that … (e.g. Smith, 1960; Jones, 1972).
    Several biographies of Brown have been published. Smith (2013) presents …
    In previous studies on X, different variables have been found to be related to …
    Many historians have argued that … (e.g. Jones, 1987; Johnson, 1990; Smith, 1994).
    There is a consensus among social scientists that … (e.g. Jones, 1987; Johnson, 1990; …
    Data from several sources have identified the increased X and Y associated with obesity.
    It has been demonstrated that a high intake of X results in damage to … (Smith, 1998; …).
    There is a large number of published studies (e.g., Smith, 2001; Jones, 2005) that describe …
    Some cross-sectional studies suggest an association between X and Y (Smith, 2004; Jones,
    2005).
    It has been suggested that levels of X are independent of the size of the Y (Smith et al.,
    1995).
    It has conclusively been shown that X and Y increase Z (Smith et al., 1999; Jones, 2001 …).

    Reference to another writer's idea or position


    According to Smith (2003), preventative medicine is far more cost effective, and therefore …
    As noted by Smith (2003) X is far more cost effective, and therefore …
    Synthesising material: bringing sources together
    Similarly, Nicoladis (2006) found that X …
    In the same vein, Smith (1994) in his book XYZ notes …
    This view is supported by Jones (2000) who writes that …
    Smith argues that her data support O’Brien’s (1988) view that …
    Al-Masry’s (1986) work on X is complemented by Smith’s (2009) study of …
    Almost every paper that has been written on X includes a section relating to …
    Unlike Smith, Jones (2013) argues that …
    In contrast to Smith, Jones (2013) argues that …
    A broader perspective has been adopted by Smith (2013) who argues that …
    Conversely, Wang (2010) reported no significant difference in mortality between X and Y.
    Comparing the result: supporting previous findings
    This study confirms that X is associated with …
    This finding was also reported by Smith et al. (1989).
    This finding is consistent with that of Smith (2000) who …
    Comparison of the findings with those of other studies confirms …
    This also accords with our earlier observations, which showed that …
    These results reflect those of Smith et al. (1992) who also found that …
    Increased activation in the X in this study corroborates these earlier findings.
    These results corroborate the findings of a great deal of the previous work in …
    This finding broadly supports the work of other studies in this area linking X with Y.
    In accordance with the present results, previous studies have demonstrated that …
    It is encouraging to compare this figure with that found by Jones (1993) who found that …
    Consistent with the literature, this research found that participants who reported using X
    also …
    This study supports evidence from previous observations (e.g. Smith, 2006; Jones et al.,
    2011).
    There are similarities between the attitudes expressed by X in this study and those
    described by …
    Comparing the result: contradicting previous findings
    This study has been unable to demonstrate that …
    However, this result has not previously been described.
    This outcome is contrary to that of Smith et al. (2001) who found …
    This finding is contrary to previous studies which have suggested that …
    In contrast to earlier findings, however, no evidence of X was detected.
    The yields in this investigation were higher compared to those of other studies.
    However, the findings of the current study do not support the previous research.
    Smith et al. (1999) showed that … This differs from the findings presented here …
    The overall level was found to be 15%, lower than that of previously reported levels.
    It has been suggested that … (Smith et al., 2002). This does not appear to be the case.
    The levels observed in this investigation are far below those observed by Smith et al. (2007).
    These results differ from X’s 2003 estimate of Y, but they are broadly consistent with earlier
    …

    Giving suggestions for future work


    This is an important issue for future research.
    Research questions that could be asked include …
    There are still many unanswered questions about …
    Several questions remain unanswered at present.
    Despite these promising results, questions remain.
    Further work is required to establish the viability of…
    Further research should be undertaken to investigate the …
    There is abundant room for further progress in determining …
    A further study with more focus on X is therefore suggested.
    Future studies on the current topic are therefore recommended.
    To develop a full picture of X, additional studies will be needed that …
    In future investigations, it might be possible to use a different X in which …
    Further studies, which take these variables into account, will need to be undertaken.

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