Your review should address the following questions under several sections. However, you can ignore any question if it is not relevant to your paper(s).
1. Introduction
• Briefly explain the main focus/purpose of the study/paper
• Describe the significance (or motivations) of the study/paper
• Provide an overview of what is contained in different sections of the paper
2. Theory/Literature Review
• Give a brief background of the study
• Provide a brief review of the existing body of literature (e.g. theories, models, empirical findings etc) about the topic of study.
• Brief indication of existing controversies/ unanswered questions concerning the topic
• State the hypothesis (e.g. whether the hypothesis is supported or rejected)?
3. Data and Methodology
• Describe the type and sources of data used in the study
• Define the sample and its characteristics
• List the key variables used (if applicable)
• Research (or statistical) methods used to manipulate/analyse the data
4. Results
• Summarise the key findings/results of the study and their interpretations
• Do the results validate the hypothesis (e.g. whether the hypothesis is supported or rejected)?
5. Conclusions
• Provide a brief outline of the results, along with their key implications for the researchers and/or practitioners
• Can we generalize the results? What is your opinion about the result?
• Briefly explain the recommendations of the paper (if any)
• What are the future research directions of the topic of the study (if applicable)?