{"id":7734,"date":"2014-06-18T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/q_and_a\/can-we-first-claim-and-then-find-evidence-when-we-write-a-literature-review\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T06:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:33:43","slug":"can-we-first-claim-and-then-find-evidence-when-we-write-a-literature-review","status":"publish","type":"q_and_a","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/can-we-first-claim-and-then-find-evidence-when-we-write-a-literature-review","title":{"rendered":"Can we first claim and then find evidence when we write a literature review?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2432],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7734","q_and_a","type-q_and_a","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature-search"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCan we first claim and then find evidence when we write a literature review? | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have a question regarding a researcher\u2019s practice in writing. 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Kane specifically stresses the importance of opinions\/judgments etc. I personally do not prefer to tie my mind merely to the literature --I do not find it much academic in the sense it does not engage me in critical thinking. My method is: "The theory I wish to develop does not exist out there; I develop and support it"\u201d I would like to have your opinion regarding this issue. Is what the researcher claims really right? 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