Hello! I really need help as my supervisor doesn't reply to my emails for the past month and I need to finish this in 2 weeks!!!
I am doing an Economics topic for my EPQ and I am wondering whether a literature review is compulsory.
My topic is "The Korean Financial Crisis" and I will have 2 sections. Section 1 will look at the most significant causes of the crisis and I will evaluate how much each cause impacted in causing the crisis and also talk about whether it was or wasn't preventable. Section 2, I will talk about the responses to the crisis in relation to whether each response was successful and whether it was ethical and worth it.
The thing is, in most literature reviews, they talk about reliability of sources but mainly focus on comparing each source by dividing up the sources you have with similar context and then you demonstrate the debated contexts. But in my case, despite the fact I am evaluating causes and responses, all my 40 sources I have do not have drastic contrasting opinions significant enough to mention. I feel like my topic isn't a debate style like most EPQ topics of having "for and against" then taking one side, but mine is rather like a report style evaluation essay.
I already have a source analysis table document whether I summarize, evaluate for reliability/credibility for each of the sources I read. Can I just submit this table document desperately (or add it to the appendix or whatever) instead of the literature review? I need your help guys.
IF ITS COMPULSORY TO DO a literature review:
Q1) What is the format of the literature review? I know there is a table format and the traditional paragraph format but how I do approach these and what's recommended?
Q2) Also, what am I supposed to actually write about in the literature review?
Q3) Does the literature review count in the word count of 5000 words??
A detailed answer would be very much appreciate