Aren Hite
Pronouns: they/them
Research Mentor(s): Mengyao Hu
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Institute for Social Research / Other
Program: UROPF
Session: Session 4 (1:40pm – 2:30pm)
Authors: Aren Hite, Mengyao Hu
Abstract
Literature review is essential to academic research because “knowledge advancement must be built on prior existing work.†(Xiao & Watson, 2017). Thus, understanding the depth of the existing knowledge allows researchers to identify gaps in the literature and generate research questions. Literature review in this project involved research projects using two national studies focusing on older adults and their caregivers from the Survey Research Center. The first review was for a study that developed a clock drawing test (CDT) diagnostic tool for dementia using machine learning. The second was for a study evaluating the effects of transitioning from telephone interview to mixed-mode design. Both literature reviews used Google Scholar as the primary search engine, as well as forward/backward searching techniques. Articles were summarized in an Excel spreadsheet. APA citations and abstracts for each article were logged in a Word document. For both projects, each article’s author(s), publication year, journal, dataset analyzed, sample size, sample description, abstract, and DOI/link were logged in the spreadsheet. On the CDT project, 22 articles were reviewed, which had all been published since 2020. Collecting recent information on machine learning CDT studies helps the researchers identify where their study stands in relation to other cutting-edge research and discuss their research with the most up-to-date information. Literature review for the mode effects study is still being conducted. Thus far, literature regarding sequential mixed-mode surveys and propensity score analysis to analyze data from non-experimental studies has been collected and logged. This information ties into aspects of the current research, which shows an emerging transition from telephone to mixed-mode design in the survey research field. Collecting more information identifies gaps in literature that the current research aims to fill. Reference: Xiao, Y. & Watson, M. (2017). Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X17723971
